Connectivity Project Engineer, Principal

Socket.dev; Toronto; On-site; CAD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Canada ULC is seeking a highly experienced Connectivity Project Engineer, Principal, to lead datacenter SoC development across multiple engineering teams. The role emphasizes architecture, design, validation, and commercialization of high-performance, low-power solutions.

The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in mixed-signal SerDes, SoC architecture, and post-silicon activities, with a proven track record in hyperscale data center environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field with 8+ years of ASIC design/verification experience.
• Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field with 7+ years of ASIC design/verification experience.
• PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field with 6+ years of ASIC design/verification experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee chipset development and ensure KPIs (PPA, schedule, cost) are met - by working with various domain experts.
• Drive resolution of all engineering issues within the chipset and across various functional blocks and components.
• Identify key risks to the project and mitigate them.
• Identify gaps in existing processes and influence development of new methodologies to ensure product KPIs are met.
• Must have good communication skills and be able to work in a dynamic environment with senior engineers and technologists.
• Report periodically to senior management on program status, progress, gaps and risks.

Skills

Semiconductor product development

System architecture

SoC design/verification

Leadership

Mixed-signal SerDes/IP

High-performance IP development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Science/Engineering

Master's degree in Science/Engineering

PhD in Science/Engineering

Job description

Company:

Qualcomm Canada ULC

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

General Summary:

As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives communication and data processing transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm ASIC Engineer, you will define, model, design (digital and/or analog), optimize, verify, validate, implement, and document IP (block/SoC) development for a variety of high performance, high quality, low power world class products. Qualcomm Engineers collaborate with cross-functional groups to determine product execution path.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 8+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
• Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 7+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
• PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 6+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

Qualcomm Data Center team is developing high-performance, energy-efficient server solutions for data center applications. We are looking for highly talented, innovative, teamwork-oriented individuals for our cutting-edge technology work!

Our Mission

We are dedicated to transforming the industry by reimagining silicon and developing next-generation computing platforms. By joining our team, you’ll collaborate with world-class engineers to create innovative solutions that push the limits of performance, energy efficiency, and scalability. Our focus is on developing server-class, high-performance solutions that are highly optimized for the needs of the server product.

Connectivity Project Engineer, Principal

We are seeking highly experienced engineering leads to join our team. If you possess a deep understanding of datacenter SoC’s and have a passion for architecting and designing complex, high-performance and low-power designs at advanced process nodes, we would be pleased to hear from you.

This critical role has responsibility for planning and executing projects through all phases from concept to commercialization across all engineering teams.

The ideal candidate will have extensive knowledge of semiconductor architecture, design, test and commercialization of data center SoCs with a large mixed-signal SerDes component. The candidate is expected to work closely with other cross-functional leads of the product and drive resolution of all engineering issues within and across subsystems and chipset components. Ability to clearly communicate the engineering status of the project to senior management is essential for excelling in this position.

What You'll Do:

• 15 years of experience in semiconductor product development. Examples include mixed-signal design, system design, SoC architecture, hardware design and validation, silicon test, SoC firmware development.
• More than 10 years of experience in one or more areas of semiconductor product development.
• More than 5 years in a technical leadership role.
• Expertise in architecting, designing and/or validating high-performance solutions in multiple functional areas of high performance SoCs. Examples include mixed-signal interfaces including SerDes and DDR, embedded processors, IO chiplets, power management, high-volume manufacturing.
• Experience developing high-speed Ethernet or PCIe SerDes IP or SerDes-based Ethernet or PCIe products is preferred.
• Experience in one or more aspects of commercializing a chipset including post-silicon validation, power and thermal convergence, silicon characterization and test, compliance certifications, etc.
• Five or more years of experience in engineering trade-off analysis.
• Demonstrated track record in hyperscale data center solutions.

What You'll Need:

• Oversee chipset development and ensure key performance indicators (KPIs) are met - including PPA, schedule, cost - by working with various domain experts.
• Drive resolution of all engineering issues within the chipset and across various functional blocks and components of the chipset.
• Identify key risks to the project and mitigate them
• Identify gaps in existing processes and influence development of new methodologies to ensure product KPIs and specifications are met
• Must have good communication skills and be able to work in a dynamic environment with senior engineers and technologists
• Report periodically to senior management on program status, progress, gaps and risks

Level of Responsibility:

• Provides supervision to direct and dotted-line reports.
• Decision-making is significant in nature and affects work beyond the immediate work group
• Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey complex information. May require negotiation, influence, tact, etc.
• Has a high degree of influence over key organizational decisions
• Tasks often require multiple steps which can be performed in various orders; extensive planning, problem-solving, and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively

Applicants

Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e-mail [e-mail] or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found here. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities. (Keep in mind that this email address is used to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. We will not respond here to requests for updates on applications or resume inquiries).

Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.

If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.