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Qualcomm SOC Infrastructure IP System Hardware Architect 
United States, California, San Diego 
668502824

18.07.2024

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

The infrastructure IP Team consists of a multi-disciplinary group involved in the definition and design of Platform infrastructure HW components such as Interconnect (NOC), System Cache, Memory controllers and System MMU that are implemented in all Qualcomm SoCs. This position primarily involves working with HW architect to gather and define deployment spec/strategy for the next generation of SOC Infra HW IPs with ARM Architecture enabled and beyond. The ideal candidate should have a strong background in ASIC design and computer architecture while demonstrating good system level design/architecture understanding. The candidate will be required to co-ordinate with domain leads to ensure a robust infrastructure deployment plan based on product requirements. It requires understanding of HW architecture, HW-&-SW feature trade-off, and the complete silicon HW end-2-end design flow.

Skills/Experience

  • Robust understanding of computer architecture

  • Basic understanding of end-end ASIC design flows

  • Knowledge in SOC and Infrastructure IP (NOC, SMMU, Caches) HW architecture

  • Exposure to some form of interconnect protocol

  • Exposure to programming language for automation

  • Ability to quickly react and adapt to changes

  • Excellent communication skills

Preferred Qualification

  • Exposure to Quality of Service, Clocks, Power management, Security and Debug architectures and their respective software interfaces

  • Good knowledge in industry standard Interconnect Protocol and IO Devices Protocol

  • Understanding of HW-SW interfaces and firmware

  • Experience in post-silicon flows and debugs

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

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.

Pay range:

$134,500.00 - $201,500.00