Qualcomm · 1 month ago
Sr. Staff SoC Architect – Automotive Compute
San Diego, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$179K/yr - $268K/yr
5+ years expQualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking an exceptional architect to join their Automotive SoC Architecture team, which is responsible for defining SoC product architecture for Qualcomm’s Automotive Compute business. The role involves synthesizing high-level roadmap, product, customer, and system requirements into scalable architectural requirements and solutions.
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Responsibilities
Perform hands-on technical contribution and engage collaboratively with the other SoC & IP architects, designers, systems engineers, and software engineers to develop high-performance, cost-effective and scalable SoC architectures & solutions enabling market-leading Automotive Compute SoC products
Innovate, lead and deliver architectural solutions which will have significant impact on the technical direction and competitiveness of Qualcomm’s Automotive Compute products
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience
OR Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 5+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience
OR PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience
2+ years of experience in one or more system architecture technology areas and products (e.g., Power System, Shared Resource Management, Limits/Thermal Management, Hardware Islands)
Preferred
BS degree in EE/ECE/CE/CS or related field required; MS or PhD highly desired
7+ years of SoC/IP architecture or micro-architecture/front-end-design
Candidates with primarily a micro-architecture/design background must have contributions that demonstrate higher-level analysis and design
Experience in the below area is highly preferred
Automotive SoC or IP design or architecture
Safety, reliability, and high-resilience/high-availability systems
High-performance real-time/deadline-driven systems
Functional Safety and Automotive standards and protocols (e.g., AUTOSAR, NCAP, ISO26262)
SoC architectures including heterogeneous compute, NoC, memory-systems, multicore, multi-die, cache hierarchies, I/O, coherency, security
Performance optimization techniques
Security architecture & standards (e.g., TrustZone, OSEK, SAE J3601, ISO21434)
Operating Systems and RTOS
Arm CPU and system architecture (e.g., Cortex-A, Cortex-R)
Microcontroller (MCUs) and electronic control unit (ECUs) architecture
Gateways & Networking (e.g., Ethernet, CAN)
Memory technologies (e.g., LPDDR)
Storage architecture (e.g., NANDFlash, NORFlash, SPI)
High-speed I/O (USB, PCIe)
Behavioral and performance modeling
Benefits
Competitive annual discretionary bonus program
Opportunity for annual RSU grants
Highly competitive benefits package
Company
Qualcomm
Qualcomm designs wireless technologies and semiconductors that power connectivity, communication, and smart devices.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
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