CPU RTL Micro-architectural Design - Principal

1 Month ago • 6-8 Years

Job Summary

Job Description

Qualcomm is seeking talented engineers for CPU RTL development targeting high performance, low power devices. As a CPU Micro-architecture and RTL Design Engineer, you will collaborate with chip architects on micro-architecture conception and contribute to architecture/product definition early in the product lifecycle. Responsibilities include performance exploration, microarchitecture development and specification, RTL design and refinement for power, performance, area, and timing goals, and supporting functional and performance verification. You will also work with multi-functional engineering teams for physical design implementation and validation, focusing on timing, area, reliability, and testability.
Must have:
  • Thorough knowledge of microprocessor architecture
  • Expertise in instruction fetch and decode
  • Knowledge of Verilog and/or VHDL
  • Experience with simulators and waveform debugging tools
  • Knowledge of logic design principles
  • Understanding of low power microarchitecture techniques
  • Understanding of high performance techniques
Good to have:
  • Expertise in branch prediction
  • Expertise in instruction scheduling and register renaming
  • Expertise in out-of-order execution
  • Expertise in integer and floating point execution
  • Expertise in load/store execution
  • Expertise in prefetching
  • Expertise in cache and memory subsystems
  • Knowledge of timing and power implications
  • Experience with scripting languages (Perl, Python)

Job Details

Job Posting Date

2025-06-26

Job Posting Date

2025-06-26

Job Posting Date

2025-06-26


Company:

Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Engineering

General Summary:

ualcomm is a company of inventors that unlocked 5G ushering in an age of rapid acceleration in connectivity and new possibilities that will transform industries, create jobs, and enrich lives. But this is just the beginning. It takes inventive minds with diverse skills, backgrounds, and cultures to transform 5Gs potential into world-changing technologies and products. This is the Invention Age - and this is where you come in.

We are hiring talented engineers for CPU RTL development targeted for high performance, low power devices. As a CPU Micro-architecture and RTL Design Engineer, you will work with chip architects to conceive of the micro-architecture, and also help with architecture/product definition through early involvement in the product life-cycle.

Roles And Responsibilities
 

  • Performance exploration. 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 po
     

Preferred Qualifications
 

  • Thorough knowledge of microprocessor architecture including expertise in one or more of the following areas: instruction fetch and decode, branch prediction, instruction scheduling and register renaming, out-of-order execution, integer and floating point execution, load/store execution, prefetching, cache and memory subsystems

  • Knowledge of Verilog and/or VHDL. Experience with simulators and waveform debugging tools

  • Knowledge of logic design principles along with timing and power implications

  • 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
     

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 8+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 7+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 6+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

Applicants: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e-mail disability-accomodations@qualcomm.com or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found here. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities. (Keep in mind that this email address is used to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. We will not respond here to requests for updates on applications or resume inquiries).

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