CPU RTL LLC 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

General Summary

Qualcomm is a company of inventors that unlocked 5G ushering in an age of rapid acceleration in connectivity and new possibilities that will transform industries, create jobs, and enrich lives. But this is just the beginning. It takes inventive minds with diverse skills, backgrounds, and cultures to transform 5G’s potential into world‑changing technologies and products. This is the Invention Age - and this is where you come in.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Performance exploration. Explore high performance strategies working with the CPU performance 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, reliability 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 power.

Preferred Qualifications

• Thorough knowledge of microprocessor architecture including expertise in one or more of the following areas: load/store execution, prefetching, replacement policies, cache controllers 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 memory subsystem.
• Experience using a scripting language such as Perl or Python.
• Minimum BS and 5+ years of relevant industry experience.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree 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.
• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 5+ 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 4+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.

EEO Employer

Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification.

If you are a person with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. Please e‑mail disability‑[e-mail] or call Qualcomm’s toll‑free number. Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities.

Pay Range and Compensation

$198,700.00 - $298,100.00

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.

Additional Information

Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.

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