CPU Server Physical Design Engineer

Qualcomm • Santa Clara, CA

6d • $147,900 - $221,900

About The Position

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking a CPU Server Physical Design Engineer to contribute to CPU design efforts within the Engineering Group’s CPU Engineering organization. The role applies knowledge of computer architecture, microarchitecture, logic design, circuits, and/or physical design to develop and verify high-performance, low-power CPU designs. The engineer works across teams to define requirements, specifications, and trade-offs, and contributes to the design lifecycle from architecture definition and feasibility through pre-silicon design and verification and post-silicon validation. The position works independently with minimal supervision and may influence decisions beyond the immediate work group.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field and 2+ years of relevant Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience; OR a master's degree in one of these fields and 1+ year of relevant experience; OR a PhD in one of these fields.
• Work independently with minimal supervision.
• Verbal and written communication skills to convey information; basic negotiation, influence, and tact may be required.
• Ability to plan, solve problems, and prioritize tasks involving multiple steps that may be performed in different orders.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 2+ years of work experience with high-performance microprocessor design.
• 2+ years of work experience with high-level programming such as C or C++, and scripting languages such as Perl or Python.
• 2+ years of work experience with simulators and/or waveform debugging tools, such as Verilog or VHDL.
• 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 creating functional models, checkers, test plans, and/or test generation.
• 1+ year of experience working in a large matrixed organization.

Responsibilities

• Apply knowledge of computer architecture, microarchitecture, logic design, circuits, and/or physical design to develop and verify high-performance, low-power CPU designs.
• Anticipate, identify, and solve problems to ensure design completeness, functionality, power, and performance.
• Collaborate across teams to define requirements, specifications, and trade-offs such as performance, power, cost, and functionality to meet product goals.
• Evaluate the design process from conceptualization to productization, including architecture definition, feasibility, pre-silicon design and verification, and post-silicon validation, to meet customer and industry standards.
• Write detailed technical documentation, including feature descriptions, architectural descriptions, verification test plans, and implementation details.

Benefits

• Competitive annual discretionary bonus program.
• Opportunity for annual RSU grants, except for employees on sales-incentive plans.
• Competitive benefits package designed to support employees at work, at home, and at play.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level