CPU Server Physical Design Engineer

Qualcomm • Santa Clara, CA

146d • $142,200 - $213,400

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 and 2+ 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 1+ year 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.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 2+ years of work experience with high-performance microprocessor design.
• 2+ years of work experience with high level programming (e.g., C, C++), scripting language programming (e.g., Perl, Python, etc.).
• 2+ years of work experience with simulators and/or waveform debugging tools (e.g., Verilog, VHDL, etc.).
• 2+ years of work experience with industry standard tools for synthesis place and/or route and design verification.
• 2+ years of work experience with simulation, emulation, formal verification, or silicon validation.
• 2+ years of experience in creating functional models, checkers, test plans, and/or test generation.
• 1+ year experience working in a large matrixed organization.

Responsibilities

• Applies knowledge of computer architecture, micro-architecture, logic design, circuits, and/or physical design to develop and verify high performance and low power CPU designs.
• Anticipates, identifies, and solves problems to ensure design completeness, functionality, power, and performance.
• Collaborates across teams to define requirements, specifications, and trade-offs (e.g., performance, power, cost, functionalities, etc.) in order to accomplish product goals.
• Evaluates 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 CPU designs.

Benefits

• Competitive annual discretionary bonus program
• Opportunity for annual RSU grants
• Comprehensive benefits package designed to support success at work, at home, and at play

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing