CPU Micro-architect RTL Designer

Qualcomm • Santa Clara, CA

40d

About The Position

As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm CPU Engineer, you will lead innovative Central Processing Unit (CPU) design efforts that have a critical impact on industries across the world. Qualcomm Engineers collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, verify, and implement multi-core CPU operations for all Qualcomm Business Units.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.

Nice To Haves

• 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.

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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees