Next Gen, High-Speed, Memory and Cache Controller Design Engineer

Qualcomm; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 101,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. seeks a seasoned ASIC Engineer to define, model and design RTL for high-performance memory controllers and related IP. You will verify, implement and document the work while collaborating with CPU, DSP and multimedia teams across multiple projects.

The role emphasizes front-end architecture, timing analysis, power optimization, and rigorous debugging during integration into full chips. A Master's degree is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in Science or Engineering.
• 3+ years of experience for senior level is welcomed.
• Experience with high speed memory systems and controllers.

Responsibilities

• Define, model, design RTL for IP/SoC blocks.
• Verify, validate, implement and document IP development.
• Work with cross-functional teams to determine execution path.

Skills

ASIC design

RTL coding

Synthesis

Timing closure

Debugging

Education

Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field

Master's degree in Computer Engineering and/or Electrical Engineering

Tools

HDL (Verilog/VHDL)

Synthesis tools

Memory controller experience

NoC front end architectures

x86/ARM CPU architectures

Job description

Company

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

General Summary

As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives communication and data processing transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm ASIC Engineer, you will define, model, design (digital and/or analog), optimize, verify, validate, implement, and document IP (block/SoC) development for a variety of high performance, high quality, low power world class products. Qualcomm Engineers collaborate with cross-functional groups to determine product execution path.

Minimum Qualifications

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

Next Generation, High-Speed, Memory and Cache Controller Design Team is looking for a Senior ASIC Design Engineers for the next generation high speed HBM/LPDDR/DDR memory controller. The front end of the DDR controller interfaces to the rest of the system such as CPU, GPU, DSP, Multimedia Processors and the engineer is expected to be responsible for enabling high speed (1Ghz+) designs in QCT products.

The candidate will work on architecture, design (RTL coding), and deployment of the next generation, high-speed memory systems into QCT products. You will develop or contribute to the development of architecture and design specifications and drive the micro-architecture of portions of the logic design. You will implement and deliver RTL and work with verification engineers to deliver high quality designs. You will be responsible for debugging your designs and also provide debug support when integrated into the rest of the chip. Synthesis, Timing Closure, Physical Design Support, Gate Level Simulations, Power Analysis are expected to be key tasks. You will make regular contributions to the overall improvement in design methodology to drive productivity and quality of results.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Masters degree in Science, Engineering, or related field.
• The team welcomes applications from recent graduates as well as early-career professionals with 3+ years of experience.

Experience With The Following

• LPDDR memory and cache controller, NoC based architectures especially the front end interfacing to the CPU, DSP, and multimedia processors
• Exposure to HBM memory type designs
• On-chip tightly coupled SRAM & L3 cache controller architecture/design
• Experience with x86 or ARM CPU/bus architectures
• Ordering of memory transactions and methods to enforce proper ordering in order to conform to ISA architecture specification

Education Requirements

Required: Master's, Computer Engineering and/or Electrical Engineering

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Pay Range And Other Compensation & Benefits

$101,400.00 - $152,200.00

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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