Compute Chipset Systems Engineer

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Systems Engineering

General Summary:

Qualcomm's Chipset Systems team drives definition of industry-leading chipsets through analysis of chipset partitions, PMIC and power grid, and power distribution network (PDN), clock distribution network and chipset interfaces. The team has an opening for a Chipset Systems Lead in the Compute segment. This is a high visibility position with responsibility to define next generation compute chipset.

Responsibilities

• Analysis of Compute requirements & mapping of requirements to chipset and external component definition, with an emphasis on power, performance, area, cost, flexibility, reusability and ease of implementation
• Analysis of Chipset partitions and definition of a specific partition as a plan of record for the project
• Definition of PMIC features, development and ownership of system power grid and clock grid
• Definition of interfaces used in a chipset with consideration for power, data rates, pin count and implementation complexity
• Setting targets for and driving bill of materials and cost reduction, while providing best in class power and user experience
• Understand the compute platform differences with competition and analyze for cost/area improvement
• Working closely with cross functional teams such as Product Management, Hardware, Software, Test and Customer Engineering across global sites and time zones

Minimum Qualifications:

•    Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in semiconductor process technology, power grid and PMIC, IO pad design, signal integrity/power integrity analysis
• Experience with compute interfaces and standards
• Experience with scripts and software programs used for power grid creation and release
• Familiarity with state of art in IC, PKG, PCB design practices, options and trade-offs
• Experience with Qualcomm ICs

Education Requirements

Required: Bachelor's, Computer Engineering and/or Computer Science and/or Electrical Engineering
Preferred: Master's, Computer Engineering and/or Computer Science and/or Electrical Engineering

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:

$134,800.00 - $202,200.00

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