Network-on-chip/interconnect Design -Staff Engineer

Qualcomm; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm India Private Limited is seeking an experienced NoC/Interconnect Designer to shape next‑gen SoCs for mobile and wearable devices. You will architect and deploy interconnect fabrics, specify micro-architectural details, and verify IP blocks while coordinating with architecture, verification, and physical teams across sites.

Expect hands-on RTL coding in Verilog, deep knowledge of multi-core ARMv8/v9 coherency, and strong synthesis/debug experience to meet performance targets within a

Qualifications

• 8+ years IP/SoC design experience.
• Knowledge of CHI/AHB/AXI/NoC concepts.
• RTL development and verification experience.
• Verilog RTL coding experience.
• ARMv8/v9 coherency concepts and virtualization.
• Synthesis tools and silicon debug exposure.

Responsibilities

• Architect and deploy NoC/Interconnect fabrics for next-gen SoCs.
• Specify, micro-architect, design and verify interconnect IPs.
• Collaborate with SoC architecture, verification, and physical teams.
• Partner with performance and silicon validation teams to ensure targets.
• Develop debug hooks for NoC infrastructure to trace silicon issues.
• Be part of the NoC/Interconnect core team.

Skills

Interconnect design

RTL development

ARMv8/v9 architecture

Verilog

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE

Master's degree in CS/EE

PhD in CS/EE

Tools

Synopsys Design Compiler

Job description

Company

Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Engineering

General Summary

Network-on-chip (NoC)/ Interconnect Design and Architecture for the next generation System-on-chip (SoC) for smartphones, notebooks, smart glasses, tablets and other product categories. The roles and responsibilities for this position includes but not limited to:

• Architecture and deployment of Next-gen Qualcomm coherent and non-coherent interconnect fabric
• Responsible for specification, Micro-Arch, design and verification of interconnect and related IP’s
• Actively work with SoC Architecture, verification, physical design team, Soc Floorplan, core teams and various other interconnect teams in various other sites
• Partner with SoC performance team ensuring Interconnect meeting all performance requirement, and with silicon validation team to co-relate pre-silicon and post silicon design assumptions
• Responsible for micro-architecting all relevant debug hooks in NoC Infrastructure to help root cause silicon issues
• Will be part of BDC infrastructure (NoC/Interconnect) core team

Minimum Qualifications

• 8+ years of solid experience in IP/SoC design
• Understanding of interconnect protocols like CHI/AHB/AXI/ACE/ACE-Lite/NoC concepts
• Good knowledge of RTL development and verification
• Hands-on experience with SoC Design, Verilog RTL coding
• Understanding of Verif is a plus
• Understanding of multi-core ARMv8/v9 CPU architecture, coherency protocols and virtualization.
• Working knowledge of Synthesis, DC/DCG synthesis with Synopsys design complier, DFT, verification, formal verification, silicon debug
• Working knowledge of Lint, CDC, PLDRC, CLP etc
• Good understanding of the design convergence cycle in terms of architecture, micro-architecture, synthesis, timing closure and verification
• Manage SoC dependencies, planning and tracking of all front-end design related tasks
• Driving the project milestones across the design, verification and physical implementations
• Should possess effective communication and leadership skills

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

OR

Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

OR

PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

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