Architecture Engineer Senior Staff
Qualcomm
Architecture Engineer Senior Staff
Qualcomm
Designs mobile chips and licenses wireless patents
General Summary:
Job description
As a Qualcomm Architect, you will define system and IP architectures, develop architectural models, and author technical specifications for a variety of high-performance, high-quality, low-power, world-class products.
You will
Define and drive architectures across multiple domains, spanning chip-level components, subsystems, and system-level workflows.
Translate product requirements into architectural specifications, features, and hardware/software execution models for implementation teams.
Lead cross-functional technical decisions, balancing functionality, performance, scalability, power, and implementation trade-offs.
What You'll Need
Strong foundation in hardware and chip design flows.
Communication technologies and industry standards (Ethernet, PCIe, UALink, OCP, UCIe).
Track record in ASIC/SoC projects from architecture definition to tape-out.
System-level understanding of HW/SW co-design and integration.
Modeling and system analysis capabilities (Python preferred).
Self-learner with initiative, able to drive activities independently and proactively.
Multidisciplinary problem-solving skills with an end-to-end system perspective.
Excellent documentation, specification writing, and presentation skills.
Strong interpersonal skills; team player with the ability to influence and lead across groups.
Experience with large datacenter ASICs (such as Ethernet switches) – advantage.
Experience with Forward Error Correction (FEC) schemes and high-speed link architectures – advantage.
Experience with SoC security and streaming security protocols (RoT, MACsec) – advantage.
Experience working in global, cross-functional, and multidisciplinary teams – advantage.
Collaboration with customers, vendors, and IP providers in complex projects – advantage.
Experience managing outsourcing activities, suppliers, and IP deliverables – advantage.
Work Experience
12+ years of IC system design, VLSI design, verification, or related work experience.
3+ years of experience in IC architecture.
3+ years of experience with modeling tools.
Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 6+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.*References to a particular number of years experience are for indicative purposes only. Applications from candidates with equivalent experience will be considered, provided that the candidate can demonstrate an ability to fulfill the principal duties of the role and possesses the required competencies.
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Qualcomm designs the Snapdragon processors and modems inside many Android phones, and it licenses its wireless patents to device makers around the world. It helped commercialize CDMA, the cellular technology behind 3G networks, and its patents cover core parts of the 4G and 5G standards that phones use to connect. The company does not run its own chip factories; contract foundries make its chips, which it sells to makers of phones, PCs, cars, and connected devices. Device makers also pay Qualcomm royalties for using its patented technology, which forms a second business alongside chip sales. Qualcomm was founded in 1985 and is based in San Diego, California.
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