VLSI Design Engineer for Server / Data Center Products

Qualcomm; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive annual bonus

Annual RSU grants

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Qualcomm in San Diego is hiring ASIC engineers to work in a fast-paced SoC team focusing on RTL design for high-performance ASICs. The position offers a salary range of $140,000 to $210,000 and requires a Master's degree in a relevant field with at least 5 years of ASIC design experience.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in design techniques and will be a collaborative team player, contributing to innovative projects. Qualcomm offers a competitive benefits package to support success at work and home.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience in ASIC design.
• Experience in designing arithmetic/computational/machine learning IPs.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree with relevant work experience.

Responsibilities

• Execute the architecture and design of SOC according to provided design protocol.
• Resolve architecture, design, or verification problems.
• Participate and contribute to design and architecture reviews.

Skills

ASIC design

Team player

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Design techniques for speed and power

Education

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering

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

Tools

Scripting for process automation

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.

Qualcomm, the world's second largest fabless semiconductor company and the world leader in wireless ICs powering the majority of 5G devices. Qualcomm is expending and entering new area such as the PC and the Data Center markets.

Qualcomm is looking for bright ASIC engineers with excellent analytical and technical skills. Besides solid ASIC and/or FPGA design experience, this professional need to be a great team player with good communication skill.

This is a great opportunity to join a fast-paced SoC team responsible for RTL Design, flows and methodology for high performance ASICs in the latest process nodes for High Performance Compute and for AI spaces.

With new projects are coming up, it is a wonderful timing to join our team and take part in innovation and in creating new architectures for new technologies.

An Ideal Candidate Will Be Capable Of

• Proven knowledge in the Server/Data Center IPs, protocols, and interfaces
• Experience in designing arithmetic/computational/machine learning IPs
• Great understanding of design techniques for speed and for power efficiency
• Oversee definition, design, verification, and documentation for ASIC development for a variety of products
• Determine architecture design, logic design, large-scale design integration and system simulation
• Experience in developing tools and scripting for process automation is an advantage

Principal Duties & Responsibilities

• Hands‑on: Uses tools/applications to execute the architecture and design of SOC according to design protocol provided
• Problem‑solver: Resolves architecture, design, or verification problems by applying sound ASIC engineering practices with minimal supervision
• Design expert: Executes the design and verification strategies according to ASICs, SoC, and IP cores specifications and in alignment with project lead
• Analytical skills: Participate and actively contribute on design and architecture reviews, demonstrate analytical skills
• Innovative: Identify areas for flow and process improvements through design techniques and through automations
• Communication: well communicate within the team and with peer teams, good presentation skills
• Team player: regularly collaborate and share‑knowledge with other team members to achieve a common goal, step‑up in critical times
• Feedback: Feedback Silicon learnings to process team, design methodology, IP and SoC design

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering
• 5+ years of relevant experience in ASIC design, scripting and architecture
• Experience in designing arithmetic/computational/machine learning IPs

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
• Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
• PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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.

Pay Range and Other Compensation & Benefits

$140,000.00 - $210,000.00

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. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer – and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.

Additional Information

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