CPU Physical Design Methodology Sr Staff Engineer
Posted 2025-04-24As 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.
Preferred Qualifications:
?Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
?10+ years of work experience with high-performance microprocessor design.
?10+ years of work experience with high level programming (e.g., C, C++), scripting language programming (e.g., Perl, Python, etc.).
?10+ years of work experience with simulators and/or waveform debugging tools (e.g., Verilog, VHDL, etc.).
?10+ years of work experience with industry standard tools for synthesis place and/or route and design verification.
?10+ years of work experience with simulation, emulation, formal verification, or silicon validation.
?10+ years of experience in creating functional models, checkers, test plans, and/or test generation.
?3+ years experience working in a large matrixed organization.
?1+ year of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership (e.g., Director level and above).
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
?Leverages advanced knowledge of computer architecture, micro-architecture, logic design, circuits, and/or physical design to develop and verify critical high performance and low power CPU designs.
?Anticipates, identifies, and solves highly complex problems to ensure design completeness, functionality, power, and performance.
?Collaborates with cross-functional teams to define requirements, specifications, and trade-offs (e.g., performance, power, cost, functionalities, etc.) in order to accomplish product goals.
?Evaluates all aspects of the design process from conceptualization to productization (i.e., architecture definition, feasibility, pre-silicon design and verification, and post-silicon validation) that meet customer and industry standards.
?Writes detailed technical documentation (e.g., feature descriptions, architectural descriptions, verification test plans, and implementation details, etc.) for highly complex CPU designs; reviews documentation of 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.
?Tasks do not have defined steps; planning, problem-solving, and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively.
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