CPU Physical Design Engineer

MaC VC; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 217,000 - 325,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking a senior CPU Engineer to lead innovative CPU design efforts that impact multiple business units. You will work with cross-functional teams to design, verify, and implement multi-core CPU operations, driving performance, power, and efficiency across Qualcomm products.

The role requires extensive experience in CPU architecture, verification, and silicon validation, with leadership responsibilities and collaboration with senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field with 8+ years of hardware/software systems experience.
• Master's degree in EE/CE/CS with 7+ years of experience in hardware/software
• PhD in EE/CE/CS with 6+ years of experience in hardware/software

Responsibilities

• Develop and verify high-performance, low-power CPU designs.
• Lead design efforts with cross-functional teams across architecture, verification, and validation.
• Define requirements, specifications, and trade-offs for CPU projects.
• Document technical features, architecture, and verification methods.

Skills

C/C++ programming

Python scripting

High-performance processor design

Verilog/VHDL

Education

Bachelor's degree in EE/CE/CS

Master's degree in EE/CE/CS

PhD in EE/CE/CS

Tools

Verilog

VHDL

Synthesis tools

Place & route 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.


• 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.


• 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.