VLSI Design Engineer

Qualcomm

On-site

San Diego, CA

Full-time

Mid Level

Senior

2+ yrs

$140k–$210kPosted 4w ago

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Qualcomm is hiring a VLSI Design Engineer — a full-time, based in San Diego, CA role ($140k–$210k). Apply directly on Qualcomm's careers page below.

VLSI Design Engineer for Server / Data Center Products

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 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.

Qualcomm, the world's second largest fabless semiconductor company and the world leader in wireless ICs powering the majority of 5G devices. Qualcomm is expending and entering new area such as the PC and the Data Center markets.

Qualcomm is looking for bright ASIC engineers with excellent analytical and technical skills. Besides solid ASIC and/or FPGA design experience, this professional need to be a great team player with good communication skill.

This is a great opportunity to join a fast-paced SoC team responsible for RTL Design, flows and methodology for high performance ASICs in the latest process nodes for High Performance Compute and for AI spaces.

With new projects are coming up, it is a wonderful timing to join our team and take part in innovation and in creating new architectures for new technologies.

An ideal candidate will be capable of:

Proven knowledge in the Server/ Data Center IPs, protocols, and interfaces

Experience in designing arithmetic/computational/machine learning IPs

Great understanding of design techniques for speed and for power efficiency

Oversee definition, design, verification, and documentation for ASIC development for a variety of products

Determine architecture design, logic design, large-scale design integration and system simulation

Experience in developing tools and scripting for process automation is an advantage

Principal Duties & Responsibilities:

Hands-on: Uses tools/applications to execute the architecture and design of SOC according to design protocol provided

Problem-solver: Resolves architecture, design, or verification problems by applying sound ASIC engineering practices with minimal supervision

Design expert: Executes the design and verification strategies according to ASICs, SoC, and IP cores specifications and in alignment with project lead

Analytical skills: Participate and actively contribute on design and architecture reviews, demonstrate analytical skills

Innovative: Identify areas for flow and process improvements through design techniques and through automations

Communication: well communicate within the team and with peer teams, good presentation skills

Team player: regularly collaborate and share-knowledge with other team members to achieve a common goal, step-up in critical times

Feedback: Feedback Silicon learnings to process team, design methodology, IP and SoC design

Preferred Qualifications:

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering

5+ years of relevant experience in ASIC design, scripting and architecture

Experience in designing arithmetic/computational/machine learning IPs

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.

Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e-mail disability-accomodations@qualcomm.com or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found here. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities. (Keep in mind that this email address is used to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. We will not respond here to requests for updates on applications or resume inquiries).

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EEO Employer: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification.

Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.

Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:

$140,000.00 - $210,000.00

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 – 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 VLSI Design Engineer at Qualcomm is $140,000 - $210,000 USD per year.

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The required skills for VLSI Design Engineer at Qualcomm include: Machine Learning, Python, Verilog, VHDL.

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