CareerPlan

CPU Verification Engineer, Director

Santa Clara, California, United States of AmericaFull-time2026-09-24 → 2026-11-10

Core

Lead innovative Central Processing Unit (CPU) design efforts and direct the development and verification of high performance and low power CPU designs.

Role type

Director-level CPU Verification Engineer

Builds

Multi-core CPU operations for Qualcomm Business Units

Domain

Semiconductor / CPU Design

Required skills

Computer architecture, micro-architecture, logic design, circuits, physical design, simulation, emulation, formal verification, silicon validation, test generation, technical leadership

Preferred skills

High-performance microprocessor design, high level programming (C, C++), scripting languages (Perl, Python), industry standard tools for synthesis/place/route, creating functional models and checkers

Technologies

Verilog, VHDL, Perl, Python

Responsibilities

Direct and drive the development and verification of high performance and low power CPU designs; Identify and solve highly complex problems to ensure design completeness, functionality, power, and performance; Collaborate with stakeholders to define requirements, specifications, and trade-offs; Communicate guidelines for the evaluation of the design process from conceptualization to productization; Write detailed technical documentation for CPU designs

Seniority

Director, technical leadership & strategy