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Job description
Qualcomm is hiring a SOC Platform Architect — a full-time, based in San Diego, CA role ($140k–$210k). Apply directly on Qualcomm's careers page below.
SOC Platform Architect - IP Power
Location: San Diego, California, United States of America
Department: ASICS Engineering
Work Location: onsite
Company:
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.Job Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS EngineeringGeneral Summary:
- Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 7+ years of ASIC design, verification, or related work experience.
- Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 5+ years of ASIC design, architecture, or related work experience.
- Robust understanding of computer architecture
- Experience in system power architecture/design as well as exposure to power estimation flows.
- Basic understanding of end-end ASIC design flows
- Knowledge in SOC and Infrastructure IP (NOC, SMMU, Caches) HW architecture
- Exposure to some form of interconnect protocol
- Exposure to programming language for automation
- Ability to quickly react and adapt to changes
- Excellent communication skills
- Exposure to Quality of Service, Clocks, Power management, Security and Debug architectures and their respective software interfaces
- Good knowledge in industry standard Interconnect Protocol and IO Devices Protocol
- Understanding of HW-SW interfaces and firmware
- Experience in post-silicon flows and debugs
Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.OR
Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:
$140,000.00 - $210,000.00The 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 – and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.
If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.
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The estimated salary range for SOC Platform Architect at Qualcomm is $140,000 - $210,000 USD per year.
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