Advanced CPU RTL & Microarchitecture Engineer

Qualcomm; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 198,700 - 298,100; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm in Santa Clara is seeking engineers to advance CPU performance modeling, microarchitecture and RTL implementation. You will collaborate with the CPU team to explore high-performance strategies and refine RTL to meet timing, area and power goals.

The role also involves supporting functional and performance verification, and delivering designs with multi-functional teams across the design flow.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 6+ years of hardware/software/related work experience.
• Master’s degree and 5+ years of related work experience.
• PhD and 4+ years of related work experience.

Responsibilities

• Performance exploration with CPU performance modeling team.
• Microarchitecture development and specification to detailed design.
• RTL ownership and refinement for power, performance, area, reliability.
• Functional verification support and performance verification checks.
• Design delivery with cross-functional teams focusing on timing and power.

Skills

CPU architecture

Load/store execution

Power and timing optimization

Scripting (Perl/Python)

Education

BS in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related field

MS in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related field

PhD in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related field

Tools

Verilog

VHDL

Simulation tools

Waveform debugging tools

Job description

Qualcomm in Santa Clara is seeking engineers to advance CPU performance modeling, microarchitecture and RTL implementation. You will collaborate with the CPU team to explore high-performance strategies and refine RTL to meet timing, area and power goals.

The role also involves supporting functional and performance verification, and delivering designs with multi-functional teams across the design flow.