SOC Architecture

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

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. in San Diego seeks an ASIC Engineer to define, model, and design IP for high-performance, low-power SoCs, working across digital and analog domains.

You will collaborate with hardware architects and cross-functional teams to shape deployment specs and ensure end-to-end silicon flow from concept to validation.

The role emphasizes a strong background in ASIC design, verification, and system architecture, with opportunities for impact on next-generation Qualcomm products.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of ASIC design/verification experience.
• Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design/verification experience.
• Strong background in ASIC design, verification, and HW‑SW interaction.

Responsibilities

• Define, model, design, optimize, verify, validate, implement and document IP for ASIC/SoC.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to determine product execution path.
• Coordinate with domain leads to ensure robust infrastructure deployment plans.

Skills

Computer architecture

ASIC design

Verification

End-to-end design

HW/SW co-design

Education

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

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

Tools

NOC

SMMU

Caches

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.

General Summary:

The infrastructure IP Team consists of a multi-disciplinary group involved in the definition and design of Platform infrastructure HW components such as Interconnect (NOC), System Cache, Memory controllers and System MMU that are implemented in all Qualcomm SoCs. This position primarily involves working with HW architect to gather and define deployment spec/strategy for the next generation of SOC Infra HW IPs with ARM Architecture enabled and beyond. The ideal candidate should have a strong background in ASIC design and computer architecture while demonstrating good system level design/architecture understanding. The candidate will be required to co‑coordinate with domain leads to ensure a robust infrastructure deployment plan based on product requirements. It requires understanding of HW architecture, HW‑&‑SW feature trade‑off, and the complete silicon HW end‑2‑end design flow.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of ASIC design, verification, or related work experience.
• Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, or related work experience.

Skills/Experience:

• Robust understanding of computer architecture
• Basic understanding of end‑end ASIC design flows
• Knowledge in SOC and Infrastructure IP (NOC, SMMU, Caches) HW architecture
• Exposure to some form of interconnect protocol
• Exposure to programming language for automation
• Ability to quickly react and adapt to changes
• Excellent communication skills

Preferred Qualification:

• Exposure to Quality of Service, Clocks, Power management, Security and Debug architectures and their respective software interfaces
• Good knowledge in industry standard Interconnect Protocol and IO Devices Protocol
• Understanding of HW‑SW interfaces and firmware
• Experience in post‑silicon flows and debugs

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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.