Power Management Systems Design and Verification Engineer

Qualcomm; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 111,000 - 167,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking entry- to mid-level Power Systems engineers to help define and verify PMIC/PMU architectures across mobile, wearable, and automotive platforms. You will work with cross-functional teams to design analog power circuits and collaborate on PCB layout and verification.

The role emphasizes system design, PCB hardware, and verification with a fast-paced development cycle, offering exposure to cutting-edge power management in Qualcomm's chipsets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
• 2+ years of experience in analog/digital power, PMIC/PMU design, verification or related hardware/software work
• Experience with SPICE, MATLAB, Verilog/VHDL, C, Python is a plus

Responsibilities

• Define and implement state-of-the-art power systems for mobile, compute, wearables, and automotive platforms.
• Collaborate with Digital, RF, Mixed-Signal and SW teams to verify PMIC/PMU functionality.
• Develop and verify analog power architectures, switch-mode converters, and voltage regulators.
• Use PCB design tools for schematic entry, layout, and parasitic extraction, and participate in package/pinout decisions.

Job description

Company

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > PMIC Systems

General Summary

Qualcomm is a company of inventors that deliver leading-edge AI, high performance, lower-power computing, and unrivaled connectivity. It takes inventive minds with diverse skills, backgrounds, and cultures to transform potential into world-changing technologies and products. This is the Invention Age - and this is where you come in. Qualcomm's Power Management Systems team leads the industry in the system architecture and verification of high-performance Power Management Integrated Circuits (PMICs) and Power Management Units (PMUs) embedded in our chipsets for smartphones, tablets, notebooks, a variety of cutting-edge consumer electronics(smart watch, smart glasses), IOT and automotives. These systems consist of switch-mode power supplies and linear voltage regulators for a variety of core, peripheral and charging applications. We are looking for Power Systems engineering professionals at entry level (assumes power related academic history), and depending on your experience level and area of technical expertise you will participate in the definition and verification of a variety of analog power systems while partnering with other Qualcomm engineering teams like Digital, RF, Mixed-Signal and SW team in a fast-paced environment. Responsibilities on the team are roughly divided between system design, PCB hardward and verification with significant overlap.

Systems

• Define and implement state of the art power systems and circuits for a variety of mobile devices, compute device, smart watch, smart glasses and automotive infortament and ADAS system.
• Research, specification and design of switch-mode power systems for chargers, USB interfaces, backlighting systems, etc.
• Power grid modeling, ultra-low-power system architecture and experience with modeling languages like VerilogAMS, VerilogA and VerilogPLI.

PCB Hardware

• Use EDA tools for schematic entry, layout and PCB parasitic extraction.
• Participate in PMIC package, pinout, PCB stackup as well as external passive component definition and selection

Verification

• Writing C#/F# code on an advanced test platform to generate programs that test/verify the functionality and performance of very complex analog and mixed-signal power systems.
• Work with common lab equipment such as power supplies, oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, logic analyzers, JTAG debugger, frequency counters, etc.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field and 3+ years of Software, Hardware, Electrical, Systems, or related engineering work experience.

OR

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field and 2+ years of Software, Hardware, Electrical, Systems, or related engineering work experience.

OR

PhD in Electrical Engineering or related field.

• 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.tools, PCB design tools, SPICE, MATLAB, Verilog/VHDL, C, Python.

Required For This Role

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or relative field

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering and 3 years of professional experience in power system design or PhD in Electrical Engineering with a focus on power system design.
• academic or industrial experience in the designing and verifying full-custom power management circuits, systems and chipsets with multiple voltage domains in BiCMOS, bipolar, and CMOS technologies for medium to highly integrated applications.
• Specific experience in high current monolithic DC-DC converters and switch mode battery chargers along with strength in device physics, ultra-low-power design techniques and lab skills are also essential.
• Knowledge in automotive electronics safety circuit
• Knowledge in power, mixed-signal, or analog PCB design and debug including CAD interface.
• System level design of analog and mixed-signal PMICs
• DC-DC converter operational and design principles
• Ultra-low-power system architecture

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Pay Range And Other Compensation & Benefits

$111,300.00 - $166,900.00

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