Sr Lead Engineer, DFT

About the Role

As a Sr Lead Engineer - DFT at Qualcomm, you will be responsible for planning, designing, optimizing, verifying, and testing electronic systems, circuits, and various other systems that launch cutting-edge, world-class products. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop solutions and meet performance requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Leverages Hardware knowledge and experience to plan, optimize, verify, and test electronic systems, bring-up yield, circuits, mechanical systems, Digital/Analog/RF/optical systems, equipment and packaging, test systems, FPGA, and/or DSP systems.
• Integrates features and functionality into hardware designs in line with proposals or roadmaps.
• Conducts complex simulations and analyses of designs, implementing designs with the best power, performance, and area.
• Collaborates with teams (e.g., design, verification, validation, software and systems engineering, architecture development teams) to implement new requirements and incorporate the latest test solutions in the production program to improve yield, test time, and quality.
• Evaluates, characterizes, and develops manufacturing solutions for leading-edge products in advanced processes and brings up products to meet customer expectations and schedules.
• Evaluates reliability of critical materials, properties, and techniques, bringing innovation, automation, and optimization to maximize productivity.
• Evaluates complex design features to identify potential flaws, compatibility issues, and/or compliance issues.
• Writes detailed technical documentation for Hardware projects.

Level Of Responsibility

• Works independently with minimal supervision.
• Provides supervision/guidance to other team members.
• Decision-making may affect work beyond the immediate work group.
• Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey information. May require basic negotiation, influence, tact, etc.
• Tasks require multiple steps which can be performed in various orders; some planning, problem-solving, and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• Experience with circuit design (e.g., digital, analog, RF).
• Experience utilizing schematic capture and circuit simulation software.
• Experience with 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

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• OR Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• OR PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.