NPU RTL Design Engineer – Hexagon Core Innovator

QUALCOMM, Inc.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 134,000 - 201,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. in San Diego, CA is seeking a highly skilled engineer to help design high-performance Hexagon/NPU cores for multi-tier mobile SOC, server IoT, and automotive applications.

You will contribute to RTL design, synthesis, and integration from RTL to GDS2, addressing clock domain crossing and low-power techniques. The role requires knowledge of RTL design, synthesis, static timing analysis, PLDRC, and microprocessor integration, with strong collaboration across

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
• OR Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
• OR PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Work with system architecture team to define micro-architecture documentation for various blocks in Hexagon/NPU and sub-system
• Develop RTL for multiple logic blocks of Hexagon/NPU and sub-system for SoC integration
• Run various frontend tools to check for linting, clock domain crossing, power intent etc
• Work with physical design team on design constraints and timing closure
• Work on area and power optimization
• Work with verification team to collaborate on test plan, test debug, coverage plan and coverage closure
• Support internal hardware integration
• Provide ideas and further the innovation of ASICs, IP cores, and process flows

Skills

RTL design

Verilog

System Verilog

logic design

digital design

processor integration

bus interface

cache

Education

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

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

PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field

Tools

linting

clock domain crossing (CDC)

power intent

LEC

CLP

Job description

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. in San Diego, CA is seeking a highly skilled engineer to help design high-performance Hexagon/NPU cores for multi-tier mobile SOC, server IoT, and automotive applications.

You will contribute to RTL design, synthesis, and integration from RTL to GDS2, addressing clock domain crossing and low-power techniques. The role requires knowledge of RTL design, synthesis, static timing analysis, PLDRC, and microprocessor integration, with strong collaboration across