Qualcomm · 7 hours ago
CPU Physical Design Engineer (San Diego)
San Diego, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$212K/yr - $318K/yr
6+ years expQualcomm Technologies, Inc. is a leading technology innovator that drives digital transformation to create a smarter, connected future. The CPU Physical Design Engineer will lead innovative CPU design efforts, collaborating with cross-functional teams to design, verify, and implement multi-core CPU operations critical to various industries.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Generative AISoftwareTelecommunicationsWireless
Responsibilities
Leverages expert knowledge of computer architecture, micro-architecture, logic design, circuits, and/or physical design to develop and verify highly critical high performance and low power CPU designs
Anticipates, identifies, and solves highly complex problems to ensure design completeness, functionality, power, and performance
Collaborates with high-level cross-functional stakeholders to define requirements, specifications, and trade-offs (e.g., performance, power, cost, functionalities, etc.) in order to accomplish product goals
Evaluates all aspects of the design process from conceptualization to productization (i.e., architecture definition, feasibility, pre-silicon design and verification, and post-silicon validation) that meet customer and industry standards
Writes detailed technical documentation (e.g., feature descriptions, architectural descriptions, verification test plans, and implementation details, etc.) for highly complex CPU designs; reviews documentation of experienced engineers
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 8+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience
OR Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 7+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience
OR PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience
Preferred
Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
14+ years of work experience with high-performance microprocessor design
14+ years of work experience with high level programming (e.g., C, C++), scripting language programming (e.g., Perl, Python, etc.)
14+ years of work experience with simulators and/or waveform debugging tools (e.g., Verilog, VHDL, etc.)
14+ years of work experience with industry standard tools for synthesis place and/or route and design verification
14+ years of work experience with simulation, emulation, formal verification, or silicon validation
14+ years of experience in creating functional models, checkers, test plans, and/or test generation
3+ years experience working in a large matrixed organization
2+ years in a technical leadership role
1+ year of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership (e.g., Director level and above)
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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$3.5M1991-12-20IPO
1988-01-01Undisclosed· $3.5M
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