CPU Physical Design Engineer (San Diego)

Company Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area Engineering Group, Engineering Group > CPU Engineering

General Summary 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 CPU Engineer, you will lead innovative Central Processing Unit (CPU) design efforts that have a critical impact on industries across the world. Qualcomm Engineers collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, verify, and implement multi-core CPU operations for all Qualcomm Business Units.

As a CPU Physical Design Engineer, you will work with microarchitecture and RTL design team to implement the designs meeting aggressive power, area and performance goals using industry standard tools/flows.

Roles And Responsibilities

• Work with CPU microarchitecture team to understand specifications and design trade offs in pipeline and structure sizing.
• Perform feasibilities to validate implementability, area, timing and power.
• Synthesize the Verilog RTL into gate level designs and perform optimizations.
• Perform SynthPlace & Route on the designs using industry standard tools and deliver GDS.
• Optimize the design at various stages from RTL to GDS to meet timing, power and area goals.
• Validate the designs for functional and electrical robustness.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of CPU microarchitecture.
• Experience in deep submicron process technology nodes is strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of library cells and optimizations.
• Solid understanding industry standard tools for synthesis, place & route and tapeout flows.
• Experience with Synthesis, place and route and signoff timing/power analysis.
• Knowledge of high performance and low power implementation methods
• Knowledge of CPU microarchitecture, logic design and circuits

Physical Requirements

• Frequently transports between offices, buildings, and campuses up to ½ mile.
• Frequently transports and installs equipment up to 5 lbs.
• Performs required tasks at various heights (e.g., standing or sitting).
• Monitors and utilizes computers and test equipment for more than 6 hours a day.
• Continuous communication which includes the comprehension of information with colleagues, customers, and vendors both in person and remotely.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.

OR

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.

OR

PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.

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Pay Range And Other Compensation & Benefits $122,500.00 - $183,700.00

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