Digital Design Engineer - Qualcomm, Bristol or Cambridge, UK

Position: Staff Digital Design Engineer - Qualcomm, Bristol or Cambridge, UK
Company:

Qualcomm Technologies International Ltd Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group  ASICS Engineering General

Summary:

A world leader in smart mobile technologies, Qualcomm offers complete solutions that enable continuous innovation for today's smart connected devices. Our vast expertise in wireless technology, combined with our unique systems approach to developing solutions, puts Qualcomm at the forefront of the rapidly expanding mobile industry.

With a focus on Audio IP Development, our team designs and delivers high-quality IP to multiple business units worldwide. You will be joining a successful engineering department whose deliveries can be found in billions of Voice and Music, IoT and mobile products worldwide.

You’ll be joining a collaborative and well‑established engineering organisation with deep expertise in digital design, verification, and systems development.

We are seeking a strong engineer to join our dynamic team in either our Cambridge or Bristol office. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of digital design, with experience of digital signal processing and a proven track record of delivering high quality designs. You will be responsible for the delivery of complex IP blocks, influencing the architecture and design decisions, while mentoring other engineers.

Key Responsibilities Own complex blocks or major features, translating customer use-cases into robust definitions and micro-architectures.

Drive the design, integration and IP sign-off through to final RTL delivery, running ASIC development tools including PLDRC, CDC, synthesis.

Contribute to the architectural definition for audio IP blocks, balancing PPA, programmability, reuse, and system-level requirements.

Work with design, verification, firmware and systems teams, to align on architecture, system performance and debug strategy.

Make technical trade-offs and decisions in areas of ambiguity, balancing risk, schedule, and long-term IP quality.

Produce and review high-quality documentation, including micro-architecture specifications, design reviews, and programming guides.

Review verification coverage and waveforms, and contribute to test development in a UVM environment for corner cases or silicon debug.

Support silicon bring-up and post-silicon debug, taking the learnings back to improve IP quality or development cycle.

Contribute to improving design methodologies, IP quality, and engineering best practices.

Provide regular status updates, clearly communicating progress and risks against expectations.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 6+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

ORMaster's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 5+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

ORPhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

Required Competencies

Demonstrated proficiency in RTL design in System Verilog, ideally having experience of System

C and HLS (High-Level Synthesis) tools.

Strong communicator with excellent technical presentation skills and ability to work effectively with diverse teams.

Knowledge of DSP design for audio (or related modem/DSP technologies).

Experience with low power design, power analysis and power optimization techniques.

Knowledge and experience of defining HW/FW interfaces.

Able to work autonomously, demonstrating technical competency and strong technical judgement.

Able to make data-driven decisions and mentor less experienced engineers.

Proactive and creative, with a strong desire to continuously improve designs, processes, and team effectiveness, and to collaborate effectively across disciplines.

Education Requirements Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or equivalent degree.
* 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…