Qualcomm · 7 hours ago
CPU Physical Design Engineer
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Full-time
Onsite
Entry Level
$104K/yr - $155K/yr
1+ years expQualcomm Technologies, Inc. is a leading technology innovator that drives digital transformation for 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.
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Responsibilities
Applies knowledge of computer architecture, micro-architecture, logic design, circuits, and/or physical design to assist in the development and verification of high performance and low power CPU designs
Identifies and solves routine problems to ensure design completeness, functionality, power, and performance
Collaborates with team members to assist in the defining of requirements, specifications, and trade-offs (e.g., performance, power, cost, functionalities, etc.) in order to accomplish product goals
Assists in the evaluation 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 technical documentation (e.g., feature descriptions, architectural descriptions, verification test plans, and implementation details, etc.) for CPU designs
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
Preferred
Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
1+ year of work experience with high level programming (e.g., C, C++), scripting language programming (e.g., Perl, Python, etc.)
1+ year of work experience with industry standard tools for synthesis place and/or route and design verification
1+ year of work experience with simulation, emulation, formal verification, or silicon validation
1+ year of experience in creating functional models, checkers, test plans, and/or test generation
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
Leadership Team
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CEO
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