CPU Low Power RTL Design Engineer

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > CPU Engineering

General Summary:

We are hiring talented engineers for CPU RTL development targeted for high performance, low power devices. In this role, you will work with chip architects to conceive of the micro-architecture and help with architecture/product definition through early involvement in the product life cycle.

Required for this Role:

• MS degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering or BS degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering with +3 years of RTL experience.
• Knowledge of Verilog and/or System Verilog. Experience with simulators and waveform debugging tools.
• Knowledge of power intent and UPF format. Experience using UPF and Conformal Low Power analysis.
• Knowledge of logic design principles along with timing and power implications.

Preferred qualifications:

• Understanding low power microarchitecture techniques.
• Understanding the physical implementation of RTL with power intent.
• Understanding of high-performance techniques and trade-offs in a CPU microarchitecture.
• Experience using a scripting language such as Perl or Python.

Roles and Responsibilities:

As a Low Power RTL design engineer, you will own or participate in the following:

• Power Architecture development and specification. From early high-level architectural exploration, through micro architectural research and arriving at a detailed specification.
• Power Intent design in UPF along with RTL ownership. Development, assessment and refinement of UPF and RTL design to match the power intent to the RTL design.
• Design delivery. Work with multi-functional engineering team to implement and validate Power Aware design from RTL to Physical implementation.

Minimum Qualifications:

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

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits :

$124,300.00 - $186,500.00

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