Qualcomm Principal Design Engineer RTL 

India, Karnataka, Bengaluru 

218742426

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Engineering

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 Hardware Engineer, you will plan, design, optimize, verify, and test electronic systems, bring-up yield, circuits, mechanical systems, Digital/Analog/RF/optical systems, equipment and packaging, test systems, FPGA, and/or DSP systems that launch cutting-edge, world class products. Qualcomm Hardware Engineers collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop solutions and meet performance requirements.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 8+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 7+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 6+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field.

• 15+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

• 4+ years of experience with circuit/logic design/validation (e.g., digital, analog, RF).

• 4+ years of experience utilizing schematic capture and circuit stimulation software.

• 4+ years of experience with hardware design and measurement instruments such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, RF tools, etc.

• 4+ years in a technical leadership role with or without direct reports.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Leverages expert Hardware knowledge and experience to plan, optimize, verify, and test highly critical electronic systems, bring-up yield, circuits, mechanical systems, Digital/Analog/RF/optical systems, equipment and packaging, test systems, FPGA, and/or DSP systems.

• Drives the development of design rules and processes for electronic hardware, equipment, and/or integrated circuitry.

• Serves as an expert resource for conducting highly complex simulations and analyses of designs as well as for the implementation of designs with the best power, performance, and area.

• Collaborates with high-level representatives across functions (e.g., design, verification, validation, software and systems engineering, architecture development teams, etc.) to implement and drive new requirements and the latest test solutions in the production program to improve the yield, test time, and quality.

• Evaluates, characterizes, and develops the novel manufacturing solutions for leading edge products in highly advanced processes and bring-up product to meet customer expectations and schedules.

• Serves as an expert resource for the evaluation of reliability for highly critical materials, properties, and techniques and brings innovation, automation, and optimization to maximize productivity.

• Advises multiple teams of engineers in the development of complex hardware designs, evaluating various design features to identify potential flaws or issues.

• Writes detailed technical documentation for highly complex Hardware projects; reviews technical documentation for experienced engineers.

Level of Responsibility:

• Provides supervision to direct reports.

• Decision-making is critical in nature and highly impacts program, product, or project success.

• Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey highly complex and/or detailed information. May require strong negotiation and influence with large groups or high-level constituents.

• Works within the prescribed budgetary objectives of the department.

• Has a great degree of influence over key organizational decisions.

• Tasks often require multiple steps which can be performed in various orders; extensive planning, problem-solving, and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively.

Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.