Staff Soc Architect

Qualcomm; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 5,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm in Bengaluru is seeking an experienced SOC Architect/Systems Engineer with 8-18 years of experience to drive architecture across DDR, PCIe, CXL, and related subsystems. You will contribute to the design and integration of complex SoCs and collaborate with multiple teams across disciplines.

The role requires strong communication skills and the ability to analyze power and performance tradeoffs, with a hands-on mindset for hardware/software interfaces and VLSI flows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required; Master or PhD highly desired.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate on projects with multiple teams and disciplines.
• Ability to develop and improve methodologies for experiments and analysis in the area of expertise.
• Experience involving hardware, system architecture and software.

Responsibilities

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Skills

SOC Architecture

Systems Engineering

ARM Architecture

Power/Performance Analysis

HDL/Verilog/VHDL

Debug/Boot

Security/TrustZone

Inter-team Collaboration

VLSI Knowledge

SoC Design & Integration

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master’s or PhD desirable

Job description

• Bachelor’s Degree required, Master or PhD degree in related field highly desired
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate on projects with multiple teams and disciplines
• Ability to develop and improve methodologies for experiments and analysis in the specific area of expertise
• Experience or Education involving hardware, System architecture and software

Areas of Expertise (the more the better):

Candidates should have one or more of the following areas of knowledge and/or expertise:

• 8-18 years in SOC Architecture/Systems Engineering or related work experience
• Experience in architecture / Micro-architecture / Design
• Preferred domain experience in DDR, Interconnect, System Cache, Coherency, QOS, Modem, DSPs, CPUs (ARM preferred), High and Low Speed peripherals, PCIe / CXL Ips, RISV-V
• Expertise in one or more from these Skills: Power Arch, Boot, Debug, Security, Access Control
• Computer architecture, understanding of ARM Architecture and related concepts such as ARM TrustZone, Virtualization
• Understanding of VLSI flow from spec to tape out with proficiency in digital design, HDL languages, Scripting languages
• Power and/or performance analysis, simulation, and modelling
• Exposure to HW/SW working model
• Desired: Profiles with both VLSI Design and Systems is a plus
• Desired: hands on experience with SoC design, integration for complex SoCs and strong understanding in SoC Area, Performance and Power Analysis/tradeoffs.
• Analyzing Complex Information, ability to gather, integrate, and interpret high level information from multiple sources
• Good Communication skills, ability to convey information clearly and accurately,
• Getting Work Done: Working independently with little supervision, ability to be organized, resourceful, and planful