CPU STA Engineer, Sr Engineer
Qualcomm · Posted Oct 12
Semiconductor, 5G wireless technology, mobile platform, and AI computing solutions
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About the role
Qualcomm's Hardware Engineering group develops electronic systems, circuits, Digital/Analog/RF/optical systems, test systems, and FPGA/DSP systems for next-generation products, with hardware engineers collaborating across cross-functional teams to meet performance requirements. This role sits in the CPU implementation domain, covering ASIC Place & Route, STA, power domain implementation, and clock tree implementation for high speed CPU designs. The engineer will work on complete ASIC flows with low power, performance and area optimization, constraint generation and validation, and formal verification.
What you will do
- Design, build, and maintain systems that power Qualcomm's semiconductors platform
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ship high-impact features
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience. OR Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of Hardware Engineering or related work experience. OR PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field.
- Extensive experience in Place & Route with FC or Innovus is an absolute must
- Complete ASIC flow with low power, performance and area optimization techniques
- Experience with STA using Primetime and/or Tempus is required
- Proficient in constraint generation and validation
- Experience of multiple power domain implementation with complex UPF/CPF definition required
- Formal verification experience (Formality/Conformal)
- Perl/Tcl, Python, C++ skills are needed
- Strong problem solving and ASIC development/debugging skills
- Experience with CPU micro-architecture and their critical path
- Low power implementation techniques experience
- High speed CPU implementation
- Clock Tree Implementation Techniques for High Speed Design Implementation are required
- Exposure to Constraint management tool and Verilog coding experience
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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