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Qualcomm

Designs mobile chips and licenses wireless patents

CPU Physical Design Engineer - CPU Engineering

Silicon & ASIC DesignConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeSan Diego, CA, USAIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Knowledge of CPU microarchitecture.
  • Experience in deep submicron process technology nodes.
  • Knowledge of library cells and optimizations.
  • Solid understanding of industry-standard tools for synthesis, place and route, and tapeout flows.
  • Experience with synthesis, place and route, and signoff timing and power analysis.
  • Knowledge of high-performance and low-power implementation methods.
  • Knowledge of logic design and circuits.
  • A Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field and 2 or more years of hardware engineering, software engineering, electrical engineering, systems engineering, or related work experience; or a Master's degree in one of those fields and 1 or more year of related work experience; or a PhD in one of those fields.
  • Frequently transport between offices, buildings, and campuses up to half a mile.
  • Frequently transport and install equipment up to 5 lbs.
  • Perform required tasks at various heights, such as standing or sitting.
  • Monitor and use computers and test equipment for more than 6 hours a day.
  • Communicate continuously with colleagues, customers, and vendors, in person and remotely, including comprehending information.

Responsibilities

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

Desired Qualifications

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

About the Company

Qualcomm

Designs mobile chips and licenses wireless patents

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.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
San Diego, CA
Founded
1985

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