RTL Design (Director)

Qualcomm; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 5,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm India Private Limited is seeking a senior hardware engineer to lead SoC design and verification efforts. You will guide architecture, coordinate with cross-functional teams, and ensure successful IP core delivery.

The role demands deep digital design knowledge and extensive leadership experience in a high-paced semiconductor environment. Responsibilities include defining implementation strategies, resolving complex design issues, and mentoring team members to meet ambitious ramp

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• PhD in CS/EE with 6+ years in Hardware Engineering (if applicable).

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and support to ensure architecture and design tasks are completed on time.
• Leads complex implementation strategy development that meets system requirements and customer needs.
• Acts as the technical expert in resolving highly complex architecture, design, or verification problems with incomplete requirements.
• Provide expertise for design and verification strategies of the IP core team to meet customer/program needs.
• Direct team to add additional test cases and ensure power checks are completed on time.
• Reviews reports from performance checks to identify obstacles and mitigation plans.
• Serve as a tech lead in cross-functional groups to align on feasible product execution paths.
• Drives technical conversations in design/project reviews to ensure cross-functional alignment.
• Learns and applies lessons from past projects and seeks improvements in engineering procedures.

Skills

Digital design concepts

SoC design flows

ARM-based SoC architectures

Bus protocols (AHB, AXI, ACE)

Leadership interaction with senior领导

Verification strategy

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE

Master's degree in CS/EE

PhD in CS/EE (optional)

Tools

RTL2GDSII

Job description

Company

Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area

Engineering Group > Hardware Engineering

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 15+ years of SoC design, verification, synthesis / implementation related work experience.
• Thorough understanding of digital design concepts.
• Knowledge of state‑of‑the‑art SoC design flows.
• Experience in delivering RTL2GDSII.
• Good understanding of ARM‑based SoC architectures would be a plus.
• Understanding of bus protocols such as AHB, AXI, ACE, ACE‑Lite.
• 5+ years of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership (e.g., Vice President level and above).

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Holds team accountable and provides technical expertise and support to team members to ensure architecture and design tasks are completed on time.
• Leads complex implementation strategy development that meets system requirements and customer needs.
• Acts as the technical expert in resolving highly complex architecture, design, or verification problems when provided with incomplete, ambiguous, or conflicting requirements.
• Provides expertise for design and verification strategies of the IP core team members to meet customer and program needs.
• Directs team to add additional test cases when necessary to understand and analyze complex bugs.
• Ensures power checks are completed on time.
• Reviews reports derived from performance checks for various blocks to identify obstacles and provide mitigation plans.
• Acts as a tech lead on innovative technologies to drive advances and influence standards.
• Reviews technical documentation for large projects before publication and provides feedback.
• Serves as a technical lead by participating in cross‑functional groups to ensure a feasible product execution path and communicates this path to the team.
• Drives technical conversation in design or project reviews and project meetings, ensuring cross‑functional alignment.
• Acts as a tech lead on major projects to ensure timely and on‑budget completion.
• Learns and applies lessons from past projects and recommends improved engineering procedures.
• Identifies technical opportunities or projects inside Qualcomm and secures resources as necessary.

Additional Responsibilities

• Provides technical expertise and support to define and make available foundry technology roadmap choices to meet product requirements.
• Leads team to define and develop competitive and timely foundry technology to fit product roadmap.
• Leads resolution of critical technology and design‑technology interaction issues to execute on timely product ramp.

Level of Responsibility

• Can work independently with no supervision.
• Makes decisions with significant impact on program or organization success; errors can result in substantial costs.
• Uses verbal and written communication skills to convey complex information to multiple audiences.
• Has a great degree of influence over key organizational decisions.
• Completes tasks that require multiple steps and simultaneous cognitive abilities.
• Regularly determines what needs to be done and shares innovative solutions for broad policies and objectives.
• Uses deductive and inductive problem‑solving; handles missing or conflicting information.
• Occasionally participates in strategic planning within own area affecting immediate operations.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 8+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 7+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 6+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e‑mail [e-mail] or call Qualcomm's toll‑free number. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities in the hiring process.