Senior Memory Characterization Engineer
Qualcomm · Posted Oct 7
Semiconductor, 5G wireless technology, mobile platform, and AI computing solutions
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About the role
Qualcomm's Hardware Engineering Group plans, designs, optimizes, verifies and tests electronic systems for cutting-edge products, collaborating cross-functionally to meet performance requirements. This role sits in the memory domain and focuses on memory characterization, design and validation, including Spice deck writing, stimulus and test vector validation, and fast simulator tooling. The engineer will also work on generating .libs, sign-off QA checks, memory compiler flow enablement, and mentoring junior peers.
What you will do
- 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 Hardware Engineer, you will plan, design, optimize, verify, and test electronic systems, bring-up yield, circuits, mechanical systems, Digital/Analog/RF/optical systems, equipment and packaging, test systems, FPGA, and/or DSP systems that launch cutting-edge, world class products. Qualcomm Hardware Engineers collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop solutions and meet performance requirements.
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 3+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
- PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
- Candidate should have worked in memory domain and preferably candidate should have worked on Memory characterization, design and validation.
- Candidate should be familiar with layout parasitic extraction and challenges in deep submicron technologies.
- Candidates should be familiar with Spice decks and should be able to write spice decks, stimulus and test vectors and validate them.
- Candidates should have good knowledge and should have hands on experience with fast simulator tools.
- Candidate should have good memory design knowledge and should have debugging skills and should be familiar with waveform viewers etc..
- Candidate should be familiar with NLMD + CCST .libs and should have hands on experience on generating libs and sign off QA checks etc..
- Candidate should be familiar with memory compiler flow enablement.
- Candidate should be familiar with validating libs with tight stimulus (sanity ) runs.
- Candidate should have ability to mentor, drive project independently and guide junior peers.
- Candidates with scripting knowledge will be preferred.
- Education : Graduate or Post Graduate in Electronics /Electrical engineering with relevant(5-12 years ) experience in VLSI industry
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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