Qualcomm

Senior Staff CPU Backend Design Engineer

Qualcomm$216K — $298K *
Telecommunications & Hardware
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field.
  • Nine years of progressive experience in microarchitecture and RTL design.
  • Expertise in Verilog RTL synthesis and optimization.
  • Familiarity with industry standard tools for power, area, and performance optimization.
  • Strong capability in DRC/LVS/ERC checks using Calibre.

Responsibilities

  • Lead team efforts to enhance engineering efficiency and product quality.
  • Collaborate with CPU microarchitecture team to analyze specifications and design trade-offs.
  • Perform feasibility studies to ensure implementability and compliance with area, timing, and power constraints.
  • Synthesize Verilog RTL into optimized gate-level designs and manage the subsequent placement and routing.
  • Validate designs to ensure functional and electrical robustness across multiple voltage domains.
  • Engage in formal verification processes, including Conformal Low Power checks.
  • Contribute actively in design reviews and project meetings, implementing strategic development plans.

Benefits

  • Health and wellness benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Paid time off for holidays and vacation.
  • Retirement savings options with company contributions.
  • Opportunities for professional development and continuous learning.
Full Job Description
General Summary:

This individual leads the team to improve engineering efficiency, product quality and responsibility of working with microarchitecture and RTL design team to implement the designs, meeting aggressive power, area and performance goals using industry standard tools/flows. Works with CPU microarchitecture team to understand specifications and design trade-offs in pipeline and structure sizing. Performs feasibilities to validate implementability, area, timing and power. Synthesizes the Verilog RTL into gate level designs and performs optimizations. Performs SynthPlace & Route on the designs using industry standard tools and delivers GDS. Optimizes the design at various stages from RTL to GDS to meet timing, power and area goals. Validates the designs for functional and electrical robustness. Performs Formal Verification & Conformal Low Power checks to meet design functionality requirements, multi voltage domain checks. Implements large complex designs with complete physical integration and stringent timing budgets to meet higher frequencies. Proficient in Calibre DRC/LVS/ERC checks to meet advanced technology physical verification checks qualifying for better manufacturability and yield. Acts as a strong contributor at design reviews and project meetings and communicates and implements a development plan.

Will accept a Bachelor's Degree (or foreign academic equivalent) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related degree field and nine (9) years of progressive experience in a related occupation.

Pay Range: $216,091.00 - $298,100.00/year

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