CPU Physical Design Engineer (Austin)

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.

- 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.

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.

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

- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.

- 2+ years of work experience with high-performance microprocessor design.

- 2+ years of work experience with high level programming (e.g., C, C++), scripting language programming (e.g., Perl, Python, etc.).

- 2+ years of work experience with simulators and/or waveform debugging tools (e.g., Verilog, VHDL, etc.).

- 2+ years of work experience with industry standard tools for synthesis place and/or route and design verification.

- 2+ years of work experience with simulation, emulation, formal verification, or silicon validation.

- 2+ years of experience in creating functional models, checkers, test plans, and/or test generation.

- 1+ year experience working in a large matrixed organization.

- Applies knowledge of computer architecture, micro-architecture, logic design, circuits, and/or physical design to develop and verify high performance and low power CPU designs.

- Anticipates, identifies, and solves problems to ensure design completeness, functionality, power, and performance.

- Collaborates across teams to define requirements, specifications, and trade-offs (e.g., performance, power, cost, functionalities, etc.) in order to accomplish product goals.

- Evaluates 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 CPU designs.

- Decision-making may affect work beyond immediate work group.

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

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

- Tasks require multiple steps which can be performed in various orders; some planning, problem-solving, and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively.

Note: We have multiple positions open at different job levels. Based on experience and background, the job level will be decided.