Staff Engineer, CPU Design & RTL/PD

Info Way Solutions; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm is seeking a highly skilled Staff Engineer with strong experience in CPU design, RTL development, and/or Physical Design to work on next-generation high-performance, low-power SoCs and CPU architectures.

The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in ASIC/SoC development, strong understanding of CPU microarchitecture and digital design, and the ability to work across RTL, synthesis, physical implementation, timing, power, and area optimization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 4–10 years of experience in ASIC/SoC, CPU, RTL, or Physical Design.
• Hands‑on experience with Verilog/SystemVerilog.
• Strong understanding of digital design and ASIC development flows.

Responsibilities

• Design and optimize high-performance CPU/SoC blocks from microarchitecture through RTL and physical implementation.
• Develop, review, and refine Verilog/SystemVerilog RTL.
• Collaborate with architecture, RTL, design verification, PD, DFT, CAD, Power, and post-silicon teams.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to methodology and flow improvements.

Skills

CPU design

Verilog/SystemVerilog

Digital design

ASIC/SoC development

Python

Tcl

Perl

Shell

Linux/Unix

problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical/Computer Engineering or CS

Tools

Cadence Innovus

Synopsys Fusion Compiler

PrimeTime STA

Job description

Qualcomm is seeking a highly skilled Staff Engineer with strong experience in CPU design, RTL development, and/or Physical Design to work on next-generation high-performance, low-power SoCs and CPU architectures.

The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in ASIC/SoC development, strong understanding of CPU microarchitecture and digital design, and the ability to work across RTL, synthesis, physical implementation, timing, power, and area optimization.