Principal Engineer
Qualcomm · Posted Oct 26
Semiconductor, 5G wireless technology, mobile platform, and AI computing solutions
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About the role
Qualcomm's ASIC Engineering group develops high performance, high quality, low power IP (block/SoC) products and drives communication and data processing transformation. The team defines, models, designs, optimizes, verifies, validates, implements, and documents IP development in collaboration with cross-functional groups. This Principal Engineer role creates highly advanced architectures, circuit specifications, logic designs and system simulations, and serves as an expert resource across the design to synthesis, place-and-route, timing/power and verification flow.
What you will do
- Leverages expert ASIC knowledge and experience to define, model, design (digital and/or analog), optimize, verify, validate, implement, and document IP (block/SoC) development for a variety of high performance, high quality, low power products.
- Creates highly advanced architectures, circuit specifications, logic designs, and/or system simulations based on system-level requirements.
- Collaborates with high-level representatives across functional teams (e.g., software architecture, hardware architecture, product management, program management teams) to develop and execute an implementation strategy that meets system requirements and customer needs.
- Serves as an expert resource for all aspects of the process flow from high-level design to synthesis, place and route, timing and power use, and verification or similarly for custom circuit design/layout flow.
- Utilizes tools/applications (e.g., RTL to GDS Flow, Virtuoso) to execute and enable highly advanced architecture and design of multiple complex blocks/SoC or IC Packages; provides technical expertise and support to team members.
- Writes detailed technical documentation for highly complex EDA/IP/ASIC projects; reviews technical documentation for experienced engineers.
- Provides supervision to direct reports.
- Decision-making is critical in nature and highly impacts program, product, or project success.
- Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey highly complex and/or detailed information. May require strong negotiation and influence with large groups or high-level constituents.
- Has a great degree of influence over key organizational decisions (e.g., is making or directly making key decisions that will have substantial impact over the organization).
- Tasks often require multiple steps which can be performed in various orders; extensive planning, problem-solving, and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 8+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience. OR Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 7+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience. OR PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 6+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
Preferred qualifications
- Master's degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.
- 12+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
- 4+ years of experience with architecture and design tools.
- 4+ years of experience with scripting tools and programming languages.
- 4+ years of experience with design verification methods.
- 2+ years of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership (e.g., Vice President level and above).
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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