CPU Physical Design Engineer
Core
Lead innovative Central Processing Unit (CPU) design efforts to develop and verify highly critical high performance and low power CPU designs.
Role type
Senior IC CPU Physical Design Engineer
Builds
Multi-core CPU operations for Qualcomm Business Units
Domain
Semiconductor / CPU Architecture / Physical Design
Required skills
Computer architecture, Micro-architecture, Logic design, Circuits, Physical design, High-performance microprocessor design, C/C++ programming, Verilog/VHDL, Synthesis/Place & Route, Design verification, Simulation/Emulation, Formal verification, Silicon validation, Test generation
Preferred skills
Technical leadership, Interaction with senior leadership, Experience in large matrixed organization
Technologies
Verilog, VHDL, Perl, Python, Synthesis tools, Place & Route tools, Waveform debugging tools
Responsibilities
Develop and verify highly critical high performance and low power CPU designs; Anticipate, identify, and solve highly complex problems to ensure design completeness, functionality, power, and performance; Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to define requirements, specifications, and trade-offs; Evaluate all aspects of the design process from conceptualization to productization; Write detailed technical documentation for highly complex CPU designs; Provide supervision to direct reports
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with significant decision-making and organizational influence
