Qualcomm ASIC Design - Sr Staff Engineer 

India, Karnataka, Bengaluru 

764241639

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Engineering

In this role

• You will be interacting closely with the product definition and architecture team.

• Developing implementation (microarchitecture and coding) strategies to meet quality, and PPAS (Performance Power Area Schedule) goals for Sub-system.

• Define various aspects of the block level design such as block diagram, interfaces, clocking, transaction flow, pipeline, low power etc.

• Perform as well as lead a team of engineers on RTL coding for Sub-system/SOC integration, function/performance simulation debug.

• Drive Lint/CDC/FV/UPF checks to ensure design quality.

• Develop Assertions as part of white-box testing-coverage.

Work with stakeholders to discuss the right collateral quality and identify solutions/workarounds.

Work towards delivering with key design collaterals (timing constraints, UPF etc.).

Desired Skillset:

• Good understanding of low power microarchitecture techniques and AI/ML systems.

• Thorough knowledge of Computer system architecture, including design aspects of AI/ML designs.

• Experience in high performance design techniques and trade-offs in a Computer microarchitecture.

• Good understanding of principals of NoC Design

• Define Performance (Bandwidth, Latency) and Bus transactions sizing based on usecases across Voltage/Frequency corners

• Working with Power and Synthesis teams on usecases, dynamic power and datapath interactions

• Knowledge of Verilog / System Verilog. Experience with simulators and waveform debugging tools

• Working with SOC DFT and PD teams as part of collaterals exchanges

• Knowledge of logic design principles along with timing and power implications.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 6+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 5+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

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

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

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

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

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

• 1+ year in a technical leadership role with or without direct reports.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Leverages advanced 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.

• Participates in or leads the implementation of advanced design rules and processes for electronic hardware, equipment, and/or integrated circuitry.

• Conducts highly complex simulations and analyses of designs as well as implements designs with the best power, performance, and area.

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

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

• Evaluates reliability of highly critical materials, properties, and techniques and brings innovation, automation, and optimization to maximize productivity.

• Advises and leads 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 junior engineers.

Level of Responsibility:

• Works independently with minimal supervision.

• Provides supervision/guidance to other team members.

• Decision-making is significant in nature and affects work beyond immediate work group.

• Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey complex information. May require negotiation, influence, tact, etc.

• Has a moderate amount of influence over key organizational decisions.

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.