Qualcomm SMMU RTL Design-Sr Lead 

India, Karnataka, Bengaluru 

291101850

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Engineering

Micro-Arch, RTL Design ownership of SMMU IP for the next generation System-on-chip (SoC) for smartphones, tablets, and other product categories. System Memory Management Unit (SMMU) does virtual to physical address translation, dynamic allocation, and access control of DDR memory, designed as per ARM SMMU architecture spec

Job responsibilities include

• Work with Hardware and Software teams to understand the design requirements, specification, and interface details for SMMU IP

• Develop micro arch design specification optimized for performance, area, power, Software use cases

• Implement design spec in RTL coding language, qualify code through all required quality checks like Lint, CDC, Synthesis/DFT/low power checks

• Work with SoC level performance modeling team on latency, bandwidth analysis, fine tune HW configuration like cache, buffer sizing

• Debug and root cause post silicon issues in collaboration with emulation, software test teams

Required skillset includes

• VLSI logic design expertise

• ARM system architecture, Memory Management, Virtual Memory concepts, Core sight architecture, power management fundamentals

• Knowledgeable about on-chip interconnect protocols like APB/AHB/AXI/ACE/ACE-Lite

• Strong debugging, Analytical and problem-solving skills

• Good understanding of the ASIC design convergence cycle in terms of architecture, micro-architecture, synthesis, timing closure and verification

• Communication and collaboration skills to work with a large world-wide design organization

Desired skillset includes

• Experience in designs optimized for low power - Dynamic clock gating, Logic/ Memory power collapse

• Proficiency in Scripting languages (Python or Perl) for Automation initiatives, C/C++/SystemC for performance models

• Working knowledge of Synthesis, DFT, LEC, functional cover points/assertions, formal verification

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

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