Hardware Applications Engineer, Senior

Company:

Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Applications Engineering

General Summary:

As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm Hardware Application Engineer, you will provide technical expertise of hardware through trainings, product demonstrations, and the design, debug, test, and quality support of customer products. Qualcomm Hardware Application Engineers collaborate with cross-functional teams to assess the potential application of company products that meet and exceed customer needs.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Applications Engineering or Hardware Design experience or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of Hardware Applications Engineering or Hardware Design experience or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.

IOT JD :

Title :  IOT Applications Engineering – Senior Engineer

Job Function

Qualcomm is seeking candidates to assist its customers in designing IoT solutions utilizing Qualcomm hardware and software. The individual will contribute to the dynamic Customer Engineering team for product designs and will be responsible for supporting Qualcomm's expanding portfolio of platforms and applications. This role involves collaborating closely Qualcomm customers to support hardware design sign-offs, system/PCB/chip-level debugging, and ownership of design collaterals that helps customers to bring out products faster.

Preferred Qualifications

• A strong understanding of Digital/baseband HW design and PCB design is required.
• Good troubleshooting skills with the ability to analyze and debug during board bring up (boot-up) are essential.
• An understanding of LDO/SMPS is essential, along with experience in power management for portable devices being advantageous.
• Solid knowledge in High-Speed digital interfaces, such as memory Bus I/F (UFS, eMMC, LPDDR, NAND), Display interfaces (parallel and serial, preferably MIPI DSI), Camera interfaces (parallel and serial, preferably MIPI CSI), High Speed peripherals (USB, SDC, PCIe, Ethernet), and Standard Peripheral interfaces (UART, SPI, I2C, JTAG, HDMI) are necessary.
• Experience with Digital HW/baseband systems and board-level design, as well as familiarity with Digital ASICs and system design, is important.
• Understanding of system-level clocking schemes, interface-level handshakes are necessary
• A strong understanding of mobile and consumer electronics products is needed.
• Hands-on experience with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, test and measurement tools are required.
• Basic knowledge of ARM processors and experience with JTAG emulators, display drivers, and memory is preferable. Knowledge of multi-core system/inter-chip system design is advantageous.
• A strong understanding of PCB signal/power integrity is necessary
• Must be comfortable in reviewing schematics and suggesting improvements is required.
• Experience with schematic entry is a plus. Must have knowledge to review PCB layout in various CAD tools like Cadence Allegro, Siemens Mentor Graphics suite.
• Knowledge of multi-layer PCB designs, vias, and stack-up configuration is essential.
• The ability to interact with multi-geography customers and stakeholders is desired.
• Knowledge of prototyping platforms like Arduino and Raspberry Pi is beneficial.

Job Description

As a member of Qualcomm's Customer Engineering team, responsibilities include creating chip and chipset documentation, reference schematics, and training materials for global customer support. Candidate will assist with hardware design reviews, respond to technical queries, and troubleshoot designs at the system, SoC, and PCB levels. A minimum of 3 years' relevant experience is required, along with skills in hardware, digital/high speed/power management, and Silicon validation.

Keywords

Board Design, Board bring up, UFS, LPDDR, NAND, eMMC, MIPI, USB, UART, SPI, I2C, Logic Analyzer, PADS, Allegro, LDO, SMPS, Clocks, Crystal, ARM processor, JTAG

Educational Requirements

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

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