CPU Physical Design Engineer

## **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. **Minimum Qualifications:** • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ 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 5+ years 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 and 4+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience. **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. Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with…