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CPU Physical Design Engineer – CPU Engineering

CPU Physical Design Engineer – CPU Engineering

CompanyQualcomm
LocationAustin, TX, USA
Salary$Not Provided – $Not Provided
TypeFull-Time
DegreesMaster’s
Experience LevelExpert or higher

Requirements

  • Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
  • 14+ years of work experience with high-performance microprocessor design.
  • 14+ years of work experience with high level programming (e.g., C, C++), scripting language programming (e.g., Perl, Python, etc.).
  • 14+ years of work experience with simulators and/or waveform debugging tools (e.g., Verilog, VHDL, etc.).
  • 14+ years of work experience with industry standard tools for synthesis place and/or route and design verification.
  • 14+ years of work experience with simulation, emulation, formal verification, or silicon validation.
  • 14+ years of experience in creating functional models, checkers, test plans, and/or test generation.
  • 3+ years experience working in a large matrixed organization.
  • 2+ years in a technical leadership role.
  • 1+ year of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership (e.g., Director level and above).

Responsibilities

  • Leverages expert knowledge of computer architecture, micro-architecture, logic design, circuits, and/or physical design to develop and verify highly critical high performance and low power CPU designs.
  • Anticipates, identifies, and solves highly complex problems to ensure design completeness, functionality, power, and performance.
  • Collaborates with high-level cross-functional stakeholders to define requirements, specifications, and trade-offs (e.g., performance, power, cost, functionalities, etc.) in order to accomplish product goals.
  • Evaluates all aspects of the design process from conceptualization to productization (i.e., architecture definition, feasibility, pre-silicon design and verification, and post-silicon validation) that meet customer and industry standards.
  • Writes detailed technical documentation (e.g., feature descriptions, architectural descriptions, verification test plans, and implementation details, etc.) for highly complex CPU designs; reviews documentation of experienced engineers.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
  • 14+ years of work experience with high-performance microprocessor design.
  • 14+ years of work experience with high level programming (e.g., C, C++), scripting language programming (e.g., Perl, Python, etc.).
  • 14+ years of work experience with simulators and/or waveform debugging tools (e.g., Verilog, VHDL, etc.).
  • 14+ years of work experience with industry standard tools for synthesis place and/or route and design verification.
  • 14+ years of work experience with simulation, emulation, formal verification, or silicon validation.
  • 14+ years of experience in creating functional models, checkers, test plans, and/or test generation.
  • 3+ years experience working in a large matrixed organization.
  • 2+ years in a technical leadership role.
  • 1+ year of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership (e.g., Director level and above).