Senior Director, EDA & HPC Engineering Platforms

Company: Qualcomm Incorporated Job Area: Information Technology Group, Information Technology Group > IT Management General Summary:

We are seeking a strategic, hands-on Senior Director of EDA & HPC Engineering Platforms to lead the vision, architecture, and global operations of the compute, data, and development infrastructure behind our silicon and systems engineering.  This leader will own an end-to-end portfolio spanning HPC grids and intelligent scheduling, EDA license orchestration, source code and design data management (SCM), Linux/Unix and container platforms, observability, analytics and data engineering, and engineering IP protection . You will define a multi-year modernization roadmap across on-premises data centers and hybrid cloud, set enterprise technical standards, and build a high-performing organization that design and CAD teams see as a true engineering partner.  This is a senior leadership role with significant influence on engineering productivity, tape-out schedules, infrastructure investment, and the security of our most valuable intellectual property. **Position Requires to be in San Diego, in office 5 days a week Minimum Qualifications: • 10+ years of IT-related work experience with a Bachelor's degree. OR 12+ years of IT-related work experience without a Bachelor’s degree. • 7+ years of supervisory or leadership experience. • 3+ years of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership (e.g., VP level and above). *Completed advanced degrees in a relevant field may be substituted for up to two years (Master’s = one year, Doctorate = two years) of the general IT-related work experience.

Strategy & Organizational Leadership   Define and own the multi-year strategy, target-state architecture, and investment roadmap for EDA/HPC platforms, aligned with engineering program milestones and business priorities.   Lead a global organization of Directors, Managers, Architects, and SREs; build succession plans, career frameworks, and a culture of operational excellence, ownership, and continuous improvement.   Serve as the executive point of contact for EDA/HPC infrastructure with engineering leadership, CAD, Security, Legal, Finance, Procurement, and Facilities.   Govern architecture through Architecture Decision Records (ADRs), design reviews, and technical standards across all platform domains.   Own the annual operating plan, budget, and capacity investments; present business cases, ROI, and TCO analysis to executive leadership.   HPC Grid & Intelligent Scheduling   Define the target state for multi-scheduler operations (IBM LSF, Altair PBS Pro/Accelerator, Slurm), including queue design, fairshare models, preemption, reservations, and resource guardrails.   Lead scheduler modernization, consolidation, and migration programs using dual-run strategies that minimize disruption to active design programs.   Deliver job submission APIs, workflow and pipeline orchestration, interactive and session scheduling, and self-service capabilities for engineering users.   Ensure high availability, disaster recovery, and performance at scale across global data centers.   Drive heterogeneous compute strategy (CPU architectures, high-memory nodes, GPU/accelerators) aligned with EDA workload profiles.   EDA License Orchestration   Own license management strategy across major EDA vendors (Synopsys, Cadence, Siemens EDA, Ansys, and others), including FlexLM/FlexNet, RLM, and license server infrastructure.   Integrate license-aware scheduling, rusage governance, and policy controls to reduce denials, improve throughput and fairness, and simplify cross-cluster feature management.   Deliver license utilization analytics that inform vendor negotiations, renewals, and true-up decisions, in partnership with Procurement and Finance.   Source Code & Design Data Management (SCM)   Own the strategy, architecture, and operations for enterprise SCM and