CPU Physical Design Engineer

Qualcomm; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 195,000 - 325,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus program

RSU grants

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. seeks a CPU Engineer to lead multi-core CPU design efforts with high performance and low power goals. You will work with cross-functional teams to verify designs and drive implementation from architecture to post-silicon validation.

The role emphasizes technical leadership in a large matrixed organization, collaborating with senior stakeholders and guiding critical CPU projects across Qualcomm Business Units.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of hardware/software/related experience.
• Master’s degree and 7+ years of related experience.
• PhD and 6+ years of related experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and verify high performance CPU designs with emphasis on power, performance and area.
• Identify and solve highly complex problems to ensure design completeness and performance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to define requirements, specifications, and trade-offs.
• Evaluate design processes from architecture through post-silicon validation to meet customer/standards.
• Write technical documentation for CPU designs and verification plans.

Skills

High-performance microprocessor design

System-level hardware/software

C/C++ programming

Scripting (Python/Perl)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering / Computer Engineering / CS

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering / Computer Engineering / CS

PhD in Electrical Engineering / Computer Engineering / CS

Tools

Verilog

VHDL

Synthesis/Place-and-Route tools

Simulation/Emulation tools

Job description

Company

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > CPU 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 CPU Engineer, you will lead innovative Central Processing Unit (CPU) design efforts that have a critical impact on industries across the world. Qualcomm Engineers collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, verify, and implement multi-core CPU operations for all Qualcomm Business Units.

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.

Preferred Qualifications

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


• 14+ years of work experience with high-performance microprocessor design.


• 14+ years of work experience with high level programming (e.g., C, C++), scripting language programming (e.g., Perl, Python, etc.).


• 14+ years of work experience with simulators and/or waveform debugging tools (e.g., Verilog, VHDL, etc.).


• 14+ years of work experience with industry standard tools for synthesis place and/or route and design verification.


• 14+ years of work experience with simulation, emulation, formal verification, or silicon validation.


• 14+ years of experience in creating functional models, checkers, test plans, and/or test generation.


• 3+ years experience working in a large matrixed organization.


• 2+ years in a technical leadership role.


• 1+ year of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership (e.g., Director level and above).

Principal Duties And Responsibilities

• Leverages expert knowledge of computer architecture, micro-architecture, logic design, circuits, and/or physical design to develop and verify highly critical high performance and low power CPU designs.


• Anticipates, identifies, and solves highly complex problems to ensure design completeness, functionality, power, and performance.


• Collaborates with high-level cross-functional stakeholders to define requirements, specifications, and trade-offs (e.g., performance, power, cost, functionalities, etc.) in order to accomplish product goals.


• Evaluates all aspects of the design process from conceptualization to productization (i.e., architecture definition, feasibility, pre-silicon design and verification, and post-silicon validation) that meet customer and industry standards.


• Writes detailed technical documentation (e.g., feature descriptions, architectural descriptions, verification test plans, and implementation details, etc.) for highly complex CPU designs; reviews documentation of experienced engineers.

Level Of Responsibility

• Provides supervision to direct reports.


• 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 great degree of influence over key organizational decisions.


• Tasks often require multiple steps which can be performed in various orders; extensive planning, problem-solving, and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively.

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Pay Range And Other Compensation & Benefits

$216,600.00 - $325,000.00

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.

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