CPU SRAM Design Engineer
Qualcomm · Posted Oct 7
Semiconductor, 5G wireless technology, mobile platform, and AI computing solutions
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About the role
Qualcomm's CPU Engineering team collaborates with cross-functional teams to design, verify, and implement multi-core CPU operations for all Qualcomm Business Units, pushing performance, energy efficiency and scalability. The team is seeking a CPU SRAM Design Engineer to design, improve, and analyze digital circuits for memories, taking full ownership of custom SRAM and RF designs from schematic capture through analysis and model generation.
What you will do
- Develop custom digital circuits for high-speed and low-power SRAM designs
- Schematic capture
- Layout planning and supervision
- Functional verification
- Simulation and margin verification
- Timing characterization
- Performing analysis steps necessary to generate all deliverable collateral models
- Interacting with CAD team to ensure proper and efficient model generation
- Interacting with Physical Design team resolve memory PPA challenges
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- BA/BS degree in Electrical Engineering with 5+ years of practical experience
- Experience with designing SRAM circuits
- Experience in industry standard custom design tools and flows
- Experience with circuit simulation and monte carlo analysis.
- Experience with static timing analysis.
Preferred qualifications
- MS degree in Electrical Engineering; 7+ years of practical experience
- Strong knowledge of SRAM and Register File techniques with advanced custom circuit implementations
- Strong knowledge of high-performance and low-power design features and techniques
- Strong knowledge of semiconductor device fundamentals
- Familiar with variation-aware simulation in FinFet and Nanosheet technology nodes
- Experience with custom memory layout designs
- Experience with all memory analysis steps including design entry, functional verification, layout guidance, simulation, timing, power and electrical characterization.
- Good understanding of physical implementation impact on circuit performance
- Proficiency with the following tools: NanoTime, Ansys EMIR analysis, ESP-CV, Liberate power analysis
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Qualcomm
Qualcomm is a global leader in the development and commercialization of foundational technologies for the wireless industry, including mobile processors, 5G, and on-device artificial intelligence. The company designs and markets digital communications products, semiconductor solutions, and system software used globally across smartphones, automotive solutions, IoT devices, and computing systems. Through extensive R&D and intellectual property licensing, Qualcomm powers a highly interconnected and smarter world.
- Industry
- Semiconductors
- Company size
- 50000+ employees
- Founded
- 1985
- Location
- San Diego, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $53M raised
- 2018-11-01Grant
Leadership
President and Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer
James H. Thompson
Chief Technology Officer
Chief Marketing Officer
Ann Chaplin
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
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