CPU Micro-architect/RTL Designer

Qualcomm; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 212,000 - 318,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. in Austin, TX seeks a CPU RTL Design Engineer to join the CPU RTL development team. You will work with chip architects to define the micro-architecture and contribute to architecture/product definition early in the lifecycle.

The role covers microarchitecture development, RTL ownership, and verification support, with emphasis on high-performance, low-power CPU design for leading devices. A strong background in Verilog/VHDL and power-performance trade-offs is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering, CS or related field.
• Strong knowledge of CPU micro-architecture concepts and RTL design.
• Experience with Verilog or VHDL and hardware verification tools.

Responsibilities

• Explore high-performance CPU strategies with the modeling team.
• Develop and specify microarchitecture and RTL to meet power and timing goals.
• Own RTL implementation and refinement for timing, area and power constraints.
• Support functional and performance verification to ensure the RTL meets requirements.
• Collaborate with multi-functional teams to deliver design across lifecycle stages.

Skills

CPU micro-architecture

RTL design

Verilog/VHDL

Scripting (Python/Perl)

Education

Bachelor's/ Master’s/ PhD in EE/CE/CS

Tools

Verilog/VHDL simulators

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. As a CPU Micro-architecture and RTL Design Engineer, you will work with chip architects to conceive of the micro-architecture, and also help with architecture/product definition through early involvement in the product life-cycle.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Performance exploration. Explore high performance strategies working with the CPU modeling team.
• Microarchitecture development and specification. From early high-level architectural exploration, through micro architectural research and arriving at a detailed specification.
• RTL ownership. Development, assessment and refinement of RTL design to target power, performance, area and timing goals.
• Functional verification support. Help the design verification team execute on the functional verification strategy.
• Performance verification support. Help verify that the RTL design meets the performance goals.
• Design delivery. Work with multi-functional engineering team to implement and validate physical design on the aspects of timing, area, reliability, testability and po

Preferred Qualifications

• Thorough knowledge of microprocessor architecture including expertise in one or more of the following areas: instruction fetch and decode, branch prediction, instruction scheduling and register renaming, out-of-order execution, integer and floating point execution, load/store execution, prefetching, cache and memory subsystems
• Knowledge of Verilog and/or VHDL. Experience with simulators and waveform debugging tools
• Knowledge of logic design principles along with timing and power implications
• Understanding of low power microarchitecture techniques
• Understanding of high performance techniques and trade-offs in a CPU microarchitecture
• Experience using a scripting language such as Perl or Python

Minimum Qualifications

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

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits

$211,900.00 - $317,900.00

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