SOC RTL Design Engineer, Staff

About the Role

As a Qualcomm Hardware Engineer, you will plan, design, optimize, verify, and test electronic systems, circuits, and equipment for cutting-edge products. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop solutions and meet performance requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Leverage advanced Hardware knowledge to plan, optimize, verify, and test critical electronic systems and circuits.
• Integrate complex features and functionality into hardware designs.
• Conduct complex simulations and analyses of designs, and implement designs with optimal power, performance, and area.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (e.g., design, verification, validation, software, systems engineering, architecture development) to implement new requirements and incorporate test solutions to improve yield, test time, and quality.
• Evaluate, characterize, and develop novel manufacturing solutions for leading-edge products in advanced processes to meet customer expectations and schedules.
• Evaluate reliability of critical materials, properties, and techniques, and bring innovation, automation, and optimization to maximize productivity.
• Evaluate complex design features to identify potential flaws, compatibility issues, and compliance issues.
• Write detailed technical documentation for complex Hardware projects.

Level Of Responsibility

• Works independently with minimal supervision.
• Provides supervision/guidance to other team members.
• Decision-making is significant in nature and affects work beyond the immediate work group.
• Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey complex information.
• Has a moderate amount of influence over key organizational decisions.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• Circuit design (e.g., digital, analog, RF).
• Schematic capture and circuit simulation software.
• Hardware design and measurement instruments such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, RF tools, etc.
• Experience in a technical leadership role (with or without direct reports).

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

OR

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

OR

• PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• 2+ years of experience with circuit design (e.g., digital, analog, RF).
• 2+ years of experience utilizing schematic capture and circuit simulation software.
• 2+ years of experience with hardware design and measurement instruments such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, RF tools, etc.
• 1+ year in a technical leadership role with or without direct reports.