CPU Systems RTL Engineer
Job in
Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California, 95051, USA
Listed on 2026-03-03
Listing for:
Qualcomm
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-03-03
Job specializations:
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Engineering
Systems Engineer, Electrical Engineering, Hardware Engineer, Software Engineer
Job Description & How to Apply Below
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.
Minimum qualifications
● MS degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering with 15+ years of CPU RTL or similar experience.
● Thorough knowledge of microprocessor architecture including expertise in one or more of the following areas:
Timers, Interrupt controller, Configuration access protocols, RAS and safety aspects, AMU/PMU architecture, Power management architectures - Active and Idle power management, Limit and clock architecture, Debug/Trace and scan dump architecture.
● Knowledge of Verilog and/or VHDL.
Experience with simulators and waveform debugging tools.
● Knowledge of logic design principles along with timing and power implications.
Preferred qualifications
● MS degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering.
● Understanding of low power microarchitecture techniques.
● 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 an RTL engineer you will own or participate in the following:
● Performance exploration and power optimization opportunities. Explore high performance strategies working with the CPU modeling team.
● Microarchitecture development and specification. From early high-level architectural exploration, through micro architectural research and arriving at a detailed specification.
● RTL ownership. Development, assessment and refinement of RTL design to target power, performance, area and timing goals.
● Functional verification support. Help the design verification team execute on the functional verification strategy.
● Performance verification support. Help verify that the RTL design meets the performance goals.
● Design delivery. Work with multi-functional engineering team to implement and validate physical design on the aspects of timing, area, reliability, testability and power.
● Work alongside with Software, Firmware and platform team to make CPU systems features enabled in the products.
Minimum Qualifications:
* Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 8+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 7+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
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