CPU Low Power RTL Design Engineer

QUALCOMM, Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 124,000 - 187,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. in Santa Clara, CA is seeking engineers for CPU RTL development focused on high performance and power efficiency. You will work with chip architects to conceive micro-architecture and contribute early to architecture/product definitions.

The role emphasizes power architecture, UPF power intent, RTL ownership, and delivering designs from RTL to physical implementation with strong emphasis on verification and low-power techniques.

Qualifications

• MS degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering or BS degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering with +3 years of RTL experience.
• Knowledge of Verilog and/or System Verilog. Experience with simulators and waveform debugging tools.
• Knowledge of power intent and UPF format. Experience using UPF and Conformal Low Power analysis.
• Knowledge of logic design principles along with timing and power implications.

Responsibilities

• Power Architecture development and specification. From early high-level architectural exploration, through micro architectural research and arriving at a detailed specification.
• Power Intent design in UPF along with RTL ownership. Development, assessment and refinement of UPF and RTL design to match the power intent to the RTL design.
• Design delivery. Work with multi-functional engineering team to implement and validate Power Aware design from RTL to Physical implementation.

Skills

Verilog/SystemVerilog

Simulation tools

UPF

Conformal Low Power

RTL design principles

Power/Timing analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science

Tools

Perl

Python

Job description

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > CPU Engineering

General Summary:

We are hiring talented engineers for CPU RTL development targeted for high performance, low power devices. In this role, you will work with chip architects to conceive of the micro-architecture and help with architecture/product definition through early involvement in the product life cycle.

Required for this Role:

• MS degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering or BS degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering with +3 years of RTL experience.
• Knowledge of Verilog and/or System Verilog. Experience with simulators and waveform debugging tools.
• Knowledge of power intent and UPF format. Experience using UPF and Conformal Low Power analysis.
• Knowledge of logic design principles along with timing and power implications.

Preferred qualifications:

• Understanding low power microarchitecture techniques.
• Understanding the physical implementation of RTL with power intent.
• Understanding of high-performance techniques and trade-offs in a CPU microarchitecture.
• Experience using a scripting language such as Perl or Python.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Power Architecture development and specification. From early high-level architectural exploration, through micro architectural research and arriving at a detailed specification.
• Power Intent design in UPF along with RTL ownership. Development, assessment and refinement of UPF and RTL design to match the power intent to the RTL design.
• Design delivery. Work with multi-functional engineering team to implement and validate Power Aware design from RTL to Physical implementation.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:

$124,300.00 - $186,500.00

The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer – and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.