Director, IT - EDA Compute Platforms, Intelligent Scheduling & Data Protection

Company:
Qualcomm Incorporated

Job Area:
Information Technology Group, Information Technology Group > IT Management

General Summary:

We're looking for a hands-on IT Director/Chief Architect to own the strategy and end to end operation of our global EDA engineering compute estate-covering HPC grids, intelligent job & license scheduling, utilization analytics, observability, and data protection/access controls for high value engineering IP. You'll set technical standards, make architecture decisions (ADRs), and lead a multiyear modernization across on Prem clusters and cloud burst.

This role requires full-time onsite work in San Diego, CA (5 days per week).

What you'll do

• Grid & scheduler architecture. Define the target state for multi-scheduler operations (e.g., LSF plus Altair or Slurm), queue/Fairshare models, job submission APIs, session/pipeline scheduling, and guardrails for high availability and performance.
• License orchestration. Integrate license scheduling and policy/rusage governance to reduce denials, increase throughput and fairness, and simplify cross-cluster feature management.
• Telemetry & observability. Build a converged metrics/logs/traces stack (e.g., PrometheGrafana and/or commercial APM) with SLOs, high-signal alerting, canaries, and auto-remediation (throttles, host quarantine, routing).
• Utilization analytics. Productize dashboards and decision systems (utilization, wait times, storage I/O, capacity/forecasting) that drive investments and continuous optimization.
• Data protection & access. Lead engineering IP classification and least-privilege access patterns; implement enclave/containment and monitoring/audit pipelines to prevent IP contamination while enabling collaboration.
• Hybrid HPC. Establish patterns for cloud execution (images/tooling, data locality, object storage, cost & performance visibility), then graduate pilots to production-safely and economically.
• People & execution. Lead managers/architects/SREs; run weekly ops and a predictable change cadence; partner tightly with design/CAD teams, security, finance/procurement, and vendors.

What you'll bring

• Depth in EDA/HPC at scale (mission-critical grids running multi-vendor EDA flows).
• Mastery of scheduler design & operations (LSF required; Altair/Slurm a plus), license scheduling, queue/fairshare policy, wrappers/pre-execs, and migration/dual-run strategies.
• Proven observability leadership (SLIs/SLOs, alert fidelity, runbooks, self-healing) and hands-on experience with PrometheGrafana and/or enterprise APM.
• Experience with analytics stacks (e.g., ClickHouse/Tableau or similar) and KPI-driven capacity/forecasting.
• Strong foundation in data protection for engineering IP (classification, DRM/RBAC, enclaves, monitoring/audits) and working across security/legal.
• Executive communication, vendor/contract governance, and a track record of developing high-performing technical teams.

Minimum Qualifications:
8+ years of IT-related work experience with a Bachelor's degree.
OR
10+ years of IT-related work experience without a Bachelor's degree.
5+ 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).

Preferred Qualifications:
Master's degree in an IT-related field.

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:
$186,600.00 - $280,000.00

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