CPU Physical Design Engineer (Austin)

Position Overview

At Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., working within the Engineering Group – CPU Engineering, you will spearhead innovative Central Processing Unit (CPU) design efforts. You will lead development and verification of multi‐core CPU operations, collaborating with cross‐functional teams to push the boundaries of high-performance, low-power design that impacts industries across the globe.

Key Responsibilities

• Apply knowledge of computer architecture, micro-architecture, logic design, circuits, and physical design to develop and verify high-performance and low-power CPU designs.
• Anticipate, identify, and solve problems to ensure design completeness, functionality, power, and performance.
• Collaborate across teams to define requirements, specifications, and trade-offs (e.g., performance, power, cost, functionalities) to accomplish product goals.
• Evaluate the design process from conceptualization to productization—including architecture definition, feasibility, pre-silicon design and verification, and post-silicon validation—to meet customer and industry standards.
• Write detailed technical documentation such as feature descriptions, architectural details, verification test plans, and implementation guidelines for CPU designs.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field with 2+ years of relevant experience; OR Master's degree with 1+ year of experience; OR PhD in a related field.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 2+ years of work experience with high-performance microprocessor design.
• 2+ years of experience with high-level programming (e.g., C, C++) and scripting languages (e.g., Perl, Python, etc.).
• 2+ years of work experience with simulators and/or waveform debugging tools (e.g., Verilog, VHDL, etc.).
• 2+ years of experience with industry-standard tools for synthesis, placement/route, and design verification.
• 2+ years of experience with simulation, emulation, formal verification, or silicon validation.
• 2+ years of experience creating functional models, checkers, test plans, and test generation.
• 1+ year experience working in a large matrixed organization.

Benefits & Perks

• Compensation: $122,500.00 - $183,700.00 plus a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants.
• Benefits: Highly competitive benefits package designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play.