Staff Digital Design Engineer

Job title:

Staff Digital Design Engineer

Company:

Qualcomm

Job description

Company:
Qualcomm Technologies International LtdJob Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS EngineeringGeneral Summary:Qualcomm invents breakthrough technologies that transform how the world computes, connects, and communicates. Today, our inventions are the foundation for life-changing products, experiences, and industries.Qualcomm’s Voice and Music Business Unit is a leading player in wireless earbud, headset, and smart speaker market. The business unit develops and delivers hardware, software and applications that bring together the very latest wireless and audio technologies to create industry leading audio voice and music products. You will be joining a successful engineering department whose deliveries can be found in billions of Bluetooth and Voice and Music products worldwide. We offer end-to-end solutions for leading-edge low-power mixed-signal SOCs from feasibility study through to system architecture, digital and analogue design, verification and validation, implementation and layout, embedded software design, ATE test, production, and characterisation.Based in either our Cambridge or Bristol office, this role offers a Staff Engineer position in Digital Design working alongside System architects, Verification, Validation and Software teams.What We are Looking For

• 5 – 10 years industry experience with Master’s degree or PhD in Electrical, Electronic, Computer Engineering, or related field (or Bachelor’s with equivalent experience).
• Experience of complex digital block/sub-system architecture development, design, verification and integration.
• A mixture of demonstrable technical skills and hands-on design experience in low power digital IP.
• An engineer who is detail-oriented with strong organizational, problem solving, communication and collaboration skills.
• A member of the team who is proactive, creative, curious, motivated to learn and contribute.

Key Responsibilities

• Ownership of complete work package from specification through to delivery.
• Design, integration and verification of RTL blocks including DSP, SoC and peripheral IP.
• Perform front-end design tasks including but not limited to: RTL coding, simulation, validation plan development, synthesis, timing closure, ECOs, etc.
• Planning and management of project work with predicable outcomes.
• Definition of high-level specifications and micro-architecture for digital low power IPs.
• Collaboration across global teams throughout the process of IP specification and use case definition, verification, bring-up and validation, etc.
• Running ASIC development tools including PLDRC, CDC, synthesis.
• Reporting status and communicating progress against expectations.
• Preparation of technical documentation.
• Understanding of customer use cases and specifying requirements.

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.Required competencies

• Effective communicator with excellent technical presentation skills.
• Ability to work autonomously and demonstrate technical competency.
• Knowledge of DSP design for Audio or wireless modem technologies.
• Experience of SoC level design and IP Integration.
• RTL design in Verilog/System Verilog and expert digital design knowledge.
• Experienced with RTL and Gate-Level power analysis.
• Understanding of scalable design consideration.

• Experience of multiple clock domain crossings design.
• Understanding of multiple power domains design.

• Scripting skills on Linux, TCL and Perl/Python.
• Experience with EDA tools (eg. Cadence, Synopsys, Spyglass).
• Knowledge and experience of defining HW/FW interfaces.
• Expert in debugging design issues reported in simulation or formal verification.
• Understanding of coverage driven verification methodology.
• Familiarity with the Arm AMBA AXI/AHB specifications or other bus protocols.
• Ability to automate and improve process through scripting in Python, Perl.
• Demonstrates good understanding of, and conducts research on, industry trends and innovations in digital low power circuit design to ensure solutions and deliverables align with best practices.

Desirable competencies

• Familiarity with Audio DSP techniques.
• Familiarity with Bluetooth protocol and PHY.
• Familiarity with peripheral interfaces like I2C, SPI, UART, PWM.
• Familiarity with wireless communication standards (eg. UWB, WLAN, NFC).
• Experience of SystemC and High-Level Synthesis.
• Understanding of system modelling methodology using high level programming language.

*References to a particular number of years experience are for indicative purposes only. Applications from candidates with equivalent experience will be considered, provided that the candidate can demonstrate an ability to fulfill the principal duties of the role and possesses the required competencies.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).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.To all Staffing and Recruiting Agencies: Our Careers Site is only for individuals seeking a job at Qualcomm. Staffing and recruiting agencies and individuals being represented by an agency are not authorized to use this site or to submit profiles, applications or resumes, and any such submissions will be considered unsolicited. Qualcomm does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications from agencies. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Qualcomm employees or any other company location. Qualcomm is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes/applications.If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.

Expected salary

Location

Cambridge

Job date

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 23:53:26 GMT

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