RISC-V CPU Microarchitecture & RTL Design Engineer

Qualcomm; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 167,100 - 250,700; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus program

RSU grants

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking a CPU Micro-architecture and RTL Design Engineer to develop high-performance, low-power processors in a collaborative team. You will work with chip architects to define micro-architecture and participate early in product life-cycle.

Responsibilities include performance exploration, RTL ownership, verification support, and delivering designs that meet timing and power targets across complex CPU blocks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with 4+ years of hardware or software engineering experience.
• Master’s degree in the same fields with 3+ years of relevant experience.
• PhD in the same fields with 2+ years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Performance exploration with the CPU modelling team.
• Microarchitecture development and specification from concept to detailed spec.
• RTL ownership to target power, performance, area and timing goals.
• Functional verification support for the verification strategy.
• Performance verification to ensure RTL meets the performance goals.
• Design delivery with a cross‑functional team for timing, area, reliability and testability.

Skills

CPU micro-architecture concepts

Scripting (Perl or Python)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related field

Master’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related field

PhD in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related field

Tools

Verilog/VHDL

Simulators & waveform debugging tools

Job description

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking a CPU Micro-architecture and RTL Design Engineer to develop high-performance, low-power processors in a collaborative team. You will work with chip architects to define micro-architecture and participate early in product life-cycle.

Responsibilities include performance exploration, RTL ownership, verification support, and delivering designs that meet timing and power targets across complex CPU blocks.