Principal Engineer – ASICS Engineering
| Company | Qualcomm |
|---|---|
| Location | San Diego, CA, USA |
| Salary | $192000 – $288000 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 8+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
- Master’s degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 7+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
- PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 6+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
Responsibilities
- 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.
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).