PMIC Reference HW Design Engineer

QUALCOMM, Inc.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 141,000 - 212,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. in San Diego, CA, seeks a PMIC Reference HW Design Engineer to own PMIC PCB design, floorplan, schematic, and layout for phone reference designs.

You will work with PMIC IC designers and test teams to optimize performance and cost on test hardware platforms. Responsibilities include publishing design guidelines and BOM selection, plus performing power integrity and signal integrity simulations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field with 5+ years of experience
• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field with 4+ years of experience
• PhD in Electrical Engineering or related field with 2+ years of experience
• 2+ years of experience using IC design tools, PCB design tools, SPICE, MATLAB, Verilog/VHDL, C, Python

Responsibilities

• Design of customer reference board and evaluation kits and collaborate with PMIC IC designers and Test HW platform teams
• Publish PMIC PCB design guidelines, schematic, BOM selection and PCB layout with CAD teams
• Experience with Mentor PADs Logic and PADs Layout, DxDesigner and Expedition is desirable
• Perform board level simulations for Power Integrity and Signal Integrity
• Characterize and publish performance and cost optimized reference BOM lists

Skills

Power management

PCB design

Signal integrity

Lab testing

Debugging

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

PhD in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Mentor PADs Logic

PADs Layout

DxDesigner

Expedition

SPICE

MATLAB

Verilog/VHDL

C

Python

Job description

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > PMIC Systems

General Summary:

The QCT PMIC Systems group has an opening for a PMIC Reference HW Design Engineer. This group owns PMIC PCB design guidelines for Qualcomm chipset-based phone design. This includes design and optimization of PMIC PCB Floorplan, Schematic, Layout, phone thermal solution and eBOM selection for test platforms and customer reference design and evaluation kits.Qualcomm PMIC hardware design typically consists of modules such as switch-mode power supplies and linear voltage regulators for a variety of cores and peripherals, battery chargers, low noise clocks, ADCs, user interfaces such as display, camera flash and haptics, Power‑on and Reset hardware.

*This is not a layout position*

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field and 5+ years of Software, Hardware, Electrical, Systems, or related engineering work experience.
• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field and 4+ years of Software, Hardware, Electrical, Systems, or related engineering work experience.
• PhD in in Electrical Engineering or related field and 2+ years of Software, Hardware, Electrical, Systems, or related engineering work experience.
• 2+ years of academic or professional experience using one or more of the following: IC design tools, PCB design tools, SPICE, MATLAB, Verilog/VHDL, C, Python.

Job responsibilities for this position include:

• Design of customer reference board and evaluation kits and working closely with PMIC IC designers and Test HW platform teams for optimizing performance and cost on test hardware platforms.
• Develop and publish PMIC PCB design guidelines, schematic, BOM selection and PCB layout (by working closely with CAD engineer) based on interaction with chipset architecture, chip design and test teams.
• Experience in Mentor PADs Logic and PADs Layout, DxDesigner and Expedition is desirable but not essential.
• Perform the required board level simulations (based on Power Integrity and Signal Integrity tools) to review and sign off on hardware designs developed by various test teams.
• Responsible for characterizing and publishing performance and cost optimized reference BOM lists (power inductors, capacitors, third party components etc) based on component characterization and BOM reduction and optimization tests in lab.

Required for the Role:

• Able to work with common lab test equipment (oscilloscope, spectrum analyzer, logic analyzer, network and impedance analyzer, etc.).
• Experience in Power Management (SMPS, LDO, battery chargers, Clocks, ADC) PCB design and component selection including CAD interface.
• Experience in high layer count multilayer boards (6/8/10 layers) preferred.
• Good understanding of common Signal and Power Integrity issues on test hardware and ability to identify and provide alternate solutions using Signal and Power Integrity simulators (eg. powerSI, SIWave, Ansys) is also a plus.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3+ years of mobile phone or similar product experience in power systems, power grid analysis and design, hardware or PMIC transistor level design or design/development of design tools and test automation tools.
• 3+ years of experience in one or more of the following areas: SMPS, LDO, Buck Converters, Boost Converters, Clock system generation and distribution, Battery charging and USB, Wireless battery charger, Battery fuel gauging, Haptics ERM/LRA, Precision references, Mobile phone hardware, PWB design, Chipset infrastructure and digital interfaces.
• 1+ year of experience working in a large matrixed organization.
• 1+ year of work experience in a role requiring interaction with leadership (e.g., Director and above).

Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e-mail disability‑[e-mail] or call Qualcomm's toll‑free number found here. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities. (Keep in mind that this email address is used to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. We will not respond here to requests for updates on applications or resume inquiries).

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.

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.

Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:

$141,300.00 - $211,900.00

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.