ASIC Engineer

Qualcomm

On-site

Ottawa, ON

Full-time

Entry

Mid Level

$90k–$135kPosted 3w ago

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Qualcomm is hiring a ASIC Engineer — a full-time, based in Ottawa, ON role ($90k–$135k). Apply directly on Qualcomm's careers page below.

ASIC Engineer

Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Department: ASICS Engineering

Work Location: onsite

Company:

Qualcomm Canada ULC

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

General Summary:

As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives communication and data processing transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm ASIC Engineer, you will 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 world class products. Qualcomm Engineers collaborate with cross-functional groups to determine product execution path.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

What You’ll Do

Work within a team of engineers to deliver standards-compliant IP blocks for use in OTN / Ethernet / CXL / PCIE FPGAs or ASICs.
Develop and document the design using Verilog, SystemVerilog
Develop and document the verification environment using SystemVerilog + UVM
Develop and execute individual test-cases against the RTL
Issue and track bug reports from inception to closure
Develop script to augment development process

What You’ll Need

BS, MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and/or equivalent
Have the knowledge of telecommunications protocol (OTN transport systems, Ethernet, CXL, PCIE etc)
Experience in RTL coding VHDL, Verilog and SystemVerilog
Experience in SystemVerilog+UVM
Experience with FPGA compilation tools
Experience with design and verification tools like Vivado/Quartus
Excellent ability to use Randomised and Directed Verification Methodologies
Experience with Unix/Linux Shell scripting
Experience with source code revisioning systems, e.g. SVN, CVS, RCS

It’d Be Amazing If You Had

1-2 year(s) of experience in ASIC or FPGA development
Experience in OTN / Ethernet transport systems
Experience in CXL and PCIE
Experience with Debugging Tools
Experience with PERL, TCL, Python, and C/C++ programming

About You

Excellent communication skills
Able to listen to and appreciate ideas and opinions that differ from yours
Extremely detail oriented
Superb analytical and problem-solving skills
Drives for consistency
Takes personal pride in high standard of outputs
Self-motivated and self-managing

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:

$90,100.00 - $135,100.00

The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer.

If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.