Senior Staff Engineer Position for 3D DRAM Design and Architecture

Job Posting Date

2025-10-02

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Company:

Qualcomm Semiconductor Limited

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

General Summary:

Qualcomm is a company of inventors that unlocked edge AI and connected computing 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 edge AI and connected computing potential into world-changing technologies and products. This is the Invention Age - and this is where you come in.

General Summary:

Job Overview:

The Qualcomm DRAM System/Technology Team in Process and Packaging Solutions Group has an opening in the areas of 3D DRAM Design and Architecture. The candidate will assess and optimize the 3D DRAM architecture to improve system KPIs such as bandwidth, latency, power, thermal, and area efficiency. The candidate will explore the best organization of near-memory processing units along with the system and memory buses so that the extreme bandwidth of 3D DRAM will be fully utilized across the compute fabric for cloud, compute, mobile and IoT. The candidate will work on solutions addressing manufacturability and repairability of both DRAM and compute fabric. The candidate is expected to understand the concepts of DRAM bank organization and signaling, bus and compute fabrics as well as advanced packaging and 3D integration. This position offers the opportunity to work across multiple organizations such as process and packaging team, AI and compute architects, memory controller team, global SoC team, and emulation team. Providing timely feedback and updating architecture and design trade-offs to the team is essential.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and optimize 3D DRAM bank organization and near-memory computing architectures to achieve high density, high TOPS/mm2, and high TOPS/W
• Develop and validate models for 3D DRAM performance, power, and yield as function of bank, TSV, and power distribution choices
• Develop novel fabrics for best/robust distribution of high-bandwidth data from 3D DRAM memory arrays to the near-memory computing units across various workloads for mobile, compute, and XR applications
• Simulate and emulate system performance of 3D DRAM architecture choices across AI, compute, and mobile workloads
• Floorplan 3D DRAM chips under 3D integration manufacturing constraints, testability, repairability, and high performance

Minimum Qualifications:

• Experience in ASIC design, mixed-signal design, and performance modeling
• Good knowledge of memory architecture, buses, and 2.5D/3D integration
• Proficiency in use of EDA tools, Matlab, and Phyton
• Master's or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in circuit and system design to be able to model and optimize dataflow
• Experience in DRAM architecture performance assessment
• Experience in memory circuit design (SRAM/DRAM/Flash/ROM/OPT, etc)
• Experience in programming language (C/C++/Phyton) or scripting language (Perl/Python)
• Ability to develop Verilog/Verilog-A/Verilog-AMS models of critical dataflow is strong plus
• Familiar with the DRAM datasheets and IO interfaces

Soft Skills:

• Self-Starter with good communication skills and team-working spirit
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 6+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

OR

Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 5+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

OR

PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

Level of Responsibility:

• Provides supervision/guidance to other team members.

• Decision-making is significant in nature and affects work beyond immediate work group.

• Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey complex information. May require negotiation, influence, tact, etc.

• Has a moderate amount of influence over key organizational decisions (e.g., is consulted by senior leadership to make key decisions).

• Tasks do not have defined steps; planning, problem-solving, and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively.

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