Staff Engineer - DFT

Qualcomm; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm India Private Limited is seeking a hardware engineer to plan, design, verify, and test complex electronic systems including FPGA, DSP, RF, and analog/digital circuits. The role involves cross-functional collaboration across design, verification, and software teams to meet performance, yield, and reliability targets.

The ideal candidate has a degree in CS/ECE/engineering with multiple years of hardware experience and a track record of practical design and testing of high-performance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field with 4+ years of hardware engineering or related experience.
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field with 3+ years of hardware engineering or related experience.
• PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field with 2+ years of hardware engineering or related experience.

Responsibilities

• Plan, design, verify, and test electronic systems including Digital/Analog/RF/optical, FPGA, and DSP components.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to implement requirements and improve yield, test time, and quality.
• Conduct simulations and analyses to optimize power, performance, and area.
• Prepare detailed technical documentation for hardware projects.

Job description

Job Area

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Engineering

Company

Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Engineering

General Summary

As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm Hardware Engineer, you will plan, design, optimize, verify, and test electronic systems, bring-up yield, circuits, mechanical systems, Digital/Analog/RF/optical systems, equipment and packaging, test systems, FPGA, and/or DSP systems that launch cutting-edge, world class products. Qualcomm Hardware Engineers collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop solutions and meet performance requirements.

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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• 2+ years of experience with circuit design (e.g., digital, analog, RF).
• 2+ years of experience utilizing schematic capture and circuit simulation software.
• 2+ years of experience with hardware design and measurement instruments such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, RF tools, etc.
• 1+ year in a technical leadership role with or without direct reports.

Principal Duties And Responsibilities

• Leverages advanced Hardware knowledge and experience to plan, optimize, verify, and test critical electronic systems, bring-up yield, circuits, mechanical systems, Digital/Analog/RF/optical systems, equipment and packaging, test systems, FPGA, and/or DSP systems.
• Integrates complex features and functionality into hardware designs in line with proposals or roadmaps for complex products.
• Conducts complex simulations and analyses of designs as well as implements designs with the best power, performance, and area.
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams (e.g., design, verification, validation, software and systems engineering, architecture development teams, etc.) to implement new requirements and incorporate the latest test solutions in the production program to improve the yield, test time, and quality.
• Evaluates, characterizes, and develop the novel manufacturing of solutions for leading edge products in the most advanced processes and bring-up product to meet customer expectations and schedules.
• Evaluates reliability of critical materials, properties, and techniques and brings innovation, automation, and optimization to maximize productivity.
• Evaluates complex design features to identify potential flaws, compatibility issues, and/or compliance issues.
• Writes detailed technical documentation for complex Hardware projects.

Level Of Responsibility

• Works independently with minimal supervision.
• Provides supervision/guidance to other team members.
• Decision-making is significant in nature and affects work beyond immediate work group.
• Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey complex information. May require negotiation, influence, tact, etc.
• Has a moderate amount of influence over key organizational decisions.

Applicants:

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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.

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