Senior Hardware Engineer - SoC Architecture & Design - Qualcomm - Grenoble, France

Qualcomm Incorporated; Grenoble; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary and stock bonus

Employee stock purchase scheme

Relocation and immigration support

Life, Medical & Travel Insurance

Job summary

Qualcomm France S.A.R.L. is seeking an experienced Hardware Engineer to contribute to architecture, micro-architecture, and RTL design of next-generation SoCs and compute platforms. The role involves leading RTL development, collaborating with architecture, verification, physical design, and software teams.

You should have 8+ years in SoC architecture/digital design, strong memory and NoC knowledge, and hands-on RTL experience. Relocation support and an employee stock purchase scheme are offered.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of SoC architecture and digital design experience.
• Strong understanding of memory subsystems and NoC concepts.
• Knowledge of ARM and/or RISC-V based systems.
• Familiarity with cache coherency, virtualization, MMU/SMMU, and memory architectures.
• Understanding of accelerators and high-performance computing systems.
• Experience with AXI, CHI, DDR, PCIe, and Ethernet interfaces.
• Hands-on RTL development and front-end design flows (synthesis, lint, CDC, DFT, formal verification).
• Strong communication and technical leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Define SoC and subsystem architectures and micro-architectures.
• Develop and integrate CPUs, accelerators, memory, and interconnect solutions.
• Write and maintain high-quality RTL.
• Collaborate with architecture, verification, physical design, and software teams.
• Drive design convergence from architecture to silicon.

Skills

SoC architecture

Digital design

ARM/RISC-V systems

Cache coherency & memory architectures

NoC concepts

Interconnect protocols (AXI, CHI, DDR,

PCIe & Ethernet

RTL development

Front-end design flows (Synthesis, LIn

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Science/Engineering or related field

Master's degree in Science/Engineering or related field

PhD in Science/Engineering or related field

Tools

AXI

CHI

DDR

PCIe

Ethernet

Job description

## Company:

Qualcomm France S.A.R.L.

## Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

General Summary:

We are looking for an experienced Hardware Engineer to contribute to the architecture, micro-architecture, and RTL design of next-generation SoCs and compute platforms.

Preferred Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in SoC architecture and digital design.
• Strong understanding of SoC architectures, memory subsystems, and Network-on-Chip (NoC) concepts.
• Knowledge of ARM and/or RISC-V based systems.
• Familiarity with cache coherency, virtualization, MMU/SMMU, and memory architectures.
• Understanding of accelerators and high-performance computing systems.
• Experience with industry-standard interfaces such as AXI, CHI, DDR, PCIe, and Ethernet.
• Hands‑on experience with RTL development.
• Good knowledge of front‑end design flows including synthesis, lint, CDC, DFT, and formal verification.
• Strong communication and technical leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Define SoC and subsystem architectures and micro‑architectures.
• Develop and integrate CPUs, accelerators, memory, and interconnect solutions.
• Write and maintain high‑quality RTL.
• Collaborate with architecture, verification, physical design, and software teams.
• Drive design convergence from architecture to silicon.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of relevant experience, or
• Master's degree and 6+ years of relevant experience, or
• PhD and 4+ years of relevant experience.

What's On Offer

Apart from working in an open, relaxed and collaborative space, you will enjoy:

• Salary, stock and performance related bonus,
• Employee stock purchase scheme,
• Relocation and immigration support (if required),
• Life, Medical&Travel Insurance,

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
• OR
• Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
• OR
• PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field.

*References to a particular number of years experience are for indicative purposes only. Applications from candidates with equivalent experience will be considered, provided that the candidate can demonstrate an ability to fulfill the principal duties of the role and possesses the required competencies.

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