The Solutions Architect – Principal at Qualcomm serves as a strategic technology partner for the RFFE Engineering organization. This role bridges the gap between engineering and business stakeholders, ensuring that business priorities are translated into scalable and secure technology solutions. The architect is responsible for shaping an integrated solution and data architecture that enhances engineering productivity and scalability. This position requires full-time onsite work in San Diego, CA and is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

• 10+ years of experience in solution architecture, IT engineering enablement, or enterprise technology roles.
• Proven experience operating as a senior, business-facing architect in complex, global environments.
• Strong understanding of product lifecycles, tools, and digital enablement models.
• Experience shaping application, data, or platform architectures with measurable business impact.
• Ability to influence across matrixed IT and engineering organizations.
• 8+ years of IT-specific work experience with a Bachelor's degree or 10+ years of IT-specific work experience without a Bachelor's degree.

• Serve as the senior architectural point of contact between RFFE Engineering and OneIT.
• Translate complex engineering and business requirements into end-to-end solution architectures, roadmaps, and execution plans.
• Ensure alignment between RFFE needs and OneIT enterprise platforms, standards, and operating models.
• Shape and govern an integrated portfolio of applications, platforms, and solutions supporting RFFE Engineering.
• Provide architectural guidance to ensure optimal scalability, cost efficiency, reliability, and performance.
• Lead architectural analysis and improvement planning for RFFE-critical engineering services and infrastructure.
• Partner with platform, infrastructure, and operations teams to drive engineering system resiliency and performance.
• Contribute to the RFFE Data & AI strategy aligned with OneIT platforms.
• Define architectural approaches for engineering AI use cases, including data models, pipelines, and GPU infrastructure needs.
• Build trusted advisory relationships with senior RFFE Engineering, Product Management, and Program Management leaders.

• Qualcomm offers competitive compensation, annual bonuses, stock programs, comprehensive healthcare coverage, retirement plans, wellness programs, parental leave, flexible work options, and professional development opportunities.