Platform Architecture Manager (PC Systems)

Location: Hybrid role based at an assigned Intel site in the United States; primary location Folsom, California, with additional locations in Phoenix, Arizona; Santa Clara, California; and Hillsboro, Oregon.

Annual salary: $190,610–$361,480 USD.

Company

hirify.global is presented in the posting as an organization working on platform and experience architecture for PC products and technologies.

What you will do

• Lead the Platform Workflow and Competitive Analysis team within Platform and Experience Architecture.
• Integrate UX research, ecosystem engagement, competitive analysis, workflow development, and data collection into a unified operating model.
• Translate user, customer, and ecosystem insights into platform requirements and roadmap recommendations.
• Lead analysis of competing products and technologies across IP feature sets, SoC implementation, and strategic direction.
• Represent the organization in external customer and partner meetings.
• Build team cohesion and establish decision-making frameworks for multidisciplinary research and analysis.

Requirements

• At least 10 years of experience in the PC industry across hardware and software solutions.
• Experience managing teams of 10–20 people with varied areas of expertise.
• Strong knowledge of PC industry technologies, personas, software partner ecosystems, and high-performance computing metrics.
• Experience with qualitative and quantitative UX research, including research framing, quality evaluation, and synthesis of findings.
• Understanding of PC systems architecture across compute, display, media, graphics, I/O, storage, memory, networking, and related software stacks.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, computer science, or a related field.

Nice to have

• Experience using AI tooling to improve team cohesion in a knowledge-worker environment.
• UX ethnographic research experience through education or professional work.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work model combining on-site work at an assigned site with off-site work.
• Competitive pay, stock bonuses, health benefits, retirement benefits, and vacation.
• Highly matrixed, multidisciplinary working environment.
• Position of Trust requiring consent to and successful completion of an extended background investigation.