PMIC Reference HW Design Engineer

2 Months ago • All levels • Software Development & Engineering • $93,200 PA - $139,800 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The PMIC Reference HW Design Engineer will be responsible for designing customer reference boards and evaluation kits, working closely with PMIC IC designers and test hardware platform teams. The role involves developing and publishing PMIC PCB design guidelines, schematic, BOM selection, and PCB layout. This includes responsibilities such as performing board-level simulations, characterizing and publishing performance and cost-optimized reference BOM lists. The ideal candidate should have experience in Power Management (SMPS, LDO, battery chargers, Clocks, ADC) PCB design and component selection.
Must have:
  • Experience in Power Management PCB design and component selection.
  • Able to work with common lab test equipment.
Good to have:
  • Experience in high layer count multilayer boards (6/8/10 layers).
  • Experience in Power Integrity and Signal Integrity.
Perks:
  • Competitive annual discretionary bonus program
  • Opportunity for annual RSU grants
  • Comprehensive benefits package

Job Details


Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > PMIC Systems

General Summary:

The QCT PMIC Systems group has an opening for a PMIC Reference HW Design Engineer. This group owns PMIC PCB design guidelines for Qualcomm chipset-based phone design. This includes design and optimization of PMIC PCB Floorplan, Schematic, Layout, phone thermal solution and eBOM selection for test platforms and customer reference design and evaluation kits.

Qualcomm PMIC hardware design typically consists of modules such as switch-mode power supplies and linear voltage regulators for a variety of cores and peripherals, battery chargers, low noise clocks, ADCs, user interfaces such as display, camera flash and haptics, Power-on and Reset hardware.

* This is not a layout position*

Job responsibilities for this position include:

  • Design of customer reference board and evaluation kits and working closely with PMIC IC designers and Test HW platform teams for optimizing performance and cost on test hardware platforms.
  • Develop and publish PMIC PCB design guidelines, schematic, BOM selection and PCB layout (by working closely with CAD engineer) based on interaction with chipset architecture, chip design and test teams.
  • Experience in Mentor PADs Logic and PADs Layout, DxDesigner and Expedition is desirable but not essential.
  • Perform the required board level simulations (based on Power Integrity and Signal Integrity tools) to review and sign off on hardware designs developed by various test teams.
  • Responsible for characterizing and publishing performance and cost optimized reference BOM lists (power inductors, capacitors, third party components etc) based on component characterization and BOM reduction and optimization tests in lab.

Required for the Role:

  • Able to work with common lab test equipment (oscilloscope, spectrum analyzer, logic analyzer, network and impedance analyzer, etc.).
  • Experience in Power Management (SMPS, LDO, battery chargers, Clocks, ADC) PCB design and component selection including CAD interface.
  • Experience in high layer count multilayer boards (6/8/10 layers) preferred.
  • Good understanding of common Signal and Power Integrity issues on test hardware and ability to identify and provide alternate solutions using Signal and Power Integrity simulators (eg. powerSI, SIWave, Ansys) is also a plus.

Preferred Qualifications:
•    1+ years of mobile phone or similar product experience in power systems, power grid analysis and design, hardware or PMIC transistor level design or design/development of design tools and test automation tools.  

•    1+ years of experience in one or more of the following areas: SMPS, LDO, Buck Converters, Boost Converters, Clock system generation and distribution, Battery charging and USB, Wireless battery charger, Battery fuel gauging, Haptics ERM/LRA, Precision references, Mobile phone hardware, PWB design, Chipset infrastructure and digital interfaces.

•    1+ year of experience working in a large matrixed organization.

•    1+ year of work experience in a role requiring interaction with leadership (e.g., Director and above).

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field and 1+ year of Software, Hardware, Electrical, Systems, or related engineering work experience.
OR Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.

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).

To all Staffing and Recruiting Agencies: Our Careers Site is only for individuals seeking a job at Qualcomm. Staffing and recruiting agencies and individuals being represented by an agency are not authorized to use this site or to submit profiles, applications or resumes, and any such submissions will be considered unsolicited. Qualcomm does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications from agencies. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Qualcomm employees or any other company location. Qualcomm is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes/applications.

EEO Employer: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification.

Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.

 

Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:

$93,200.00 - $139,800.00

The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm.  We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus).  In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer – and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.

If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.

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