Signal and Power Integrity Engineer

2 Months ago • 6-8 Years • Software Development & Engineering • $213,500 PA - $320,300 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Signal and Power Integrity Engineer, you will be responsible for performing a variety of signal and power integrity tasks and collaborating with package and IC designers to optimize the overall package design. This involves utilizing expertise in various memory technologies (SRAM, DRAM, DDR, LPDDR, HBM, GDDR) to drive SIPI analysis and implementation for Data Center products. Your responsibilities include electrical model extraction, signal and power integrity simulations, and interfacing with board, package, and IC designers. You will also engage with customers and product managers to understand product requirements, recommend technical direction, communicate with cross-functional teams, perform IO analyses, and create clear documentation of results. You'll contribute to the design and architecture of high-performance, energy-efficient server solutions for data center applications. The role requires strong analytical skills, experience with industry standards, and effective communication abilities.
Must have:
  • 8+ years of experience in DDR/SerDes design
  • Experience in electromagnetics and transmission line theory
  • Proficiency in field solvers and SPICE simulation
  • Outstanding memory architecture expertise
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Good to have:
  • Experience in DDR design specifications
  • Experience in SerDes design specifications
  • Experience in Matlab for simulation automation
  • Experience in programming/scripting languages
Perks:
  • Competitive annual discretionary bonus program
  • Opportunity for annual RSU grants
  • Competitive benefits package

Job Details


Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Packaging Engineering

General Summary:

As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives communication and data processing transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all.  As a Qualcomm ASIC Engineer, you will define, model, design (digital and/or analog), optimize, verify, validate, implement, and document IP (block/SoC) development for a variety of high performance, high quality, low power world class products. Qualcomm Engineers collaborate with cross-functional groups to determine product execution path.

Qualcomm Data Center team is developing High performance, Energy efficient server solution for data center applications. We are looking for highly talented, innovative, teamwork-oriented individuals for our cutting-edge technology work! 

The candidate will work in a team-oriented, professional engineering environment to perform a variety of signal and power integrity tasks and collaborate with package and IC designers to optimize the overall package design, including:

  • Utilizing experience and expertise in SRAM, DRAM, DDR, LPDDR, HBM, GDDR and newly emerging memory technologies to drive the SIPI analysis, selection, definition, and implementation of memory system architectures for Data Center products
  • Electrical model extraction and signal and power integrity simulations will constitute the majority of the tasks.
  • Interfacing with a variety of board, package, and IC designers. Working effectively across organizational boundaries is essential, as is effective documentation and presentation of results.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 8+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 7+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 6+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

Responsibilities:

  • Engage with customers and product managers to understand product requirements; research and analyze potential memory technologies; engage directly with memory vendors and suppliers to evaluate options and drive requirements; quantify the tradeoffs
  • Recommend technical direction with robust justification.
  • Effectively communicate and collaboratively engage with the other SoC & IP architects, designers, systems engineers, product managers, and software teams to define Memory System solutions enabling market-leading Data Center products.
  • Perform various IO analyses using established methodologies, potentially from model extraction through simulation and reporting of conclusions. IO types include a variety of serial and memory interfaces.
  • Apply established methodologies to analyze IO power distribution in product development and reference systems.
  • Perform package extraction for time domain and frequency domain SIPI analysis and provide design guidelines for the package design.
  • Create clear and complete documentation of results.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • 8+ years of experience with 5+ years in DDR/SerDes in Package/PCB/System Design related to compute/server standards.
  • Experience in electromagnetics and a solid background in transmission line theory and crosstalk.
  • Proficiency in field solvers such as HFSS, Q3D, Sentinel-PSI, and Clarity, and SPICE transient simulation (ADS, Hspice), including use of IBIS and IBIS AMI models.
  • Outstanding memory architecture expertise on SRAM, DRAM, DDR, LPDDR, HBM, GDDR and emerging memory technologies such as STT-MRAM, PIM, etc.
  • Understanding internal memory technology organization, including DRAM bank & array arrangement, rows and columns, row buffer operation, internal data bus pathways, refresh, power state control, etc.
  • Understanding of memory controller architecture, memory scheduling, prioritization and QoS
  • Understanding memory PHY parameters and tradeoffs, including for LPDDR, DDR, and HBM
  • Fluid knowledge of one or more JEDEC standards such as LPDDR, DDR, or HBM, and the ability to analyze such standards and drive recommendations
  • Experience working with or working at the major DRAM and other memory vendors
  • Background in memory systems and computer architecture to understand the tradeoffs among memory bandwidth, latency, performance, power, SoC area
  • Understanding memory technology parameters such as reliability, thermals, ECC, encryption, etc.
  • PHY shoreline, packaging, stacking, etc.
  • Excellent communication, documentation, and interpersonal skills with ability to convey proposals and interact effectively across a distributed multi-discipline organization
  • Ability to abstract appropriately to define problems and solution, and make data-drive decisions
  • Record of quantitative analysis using (and developing) tools such as high-level calculators & spreadsheets, DRAM timing simulators, profilers, functional and performance simulators, etc.
  • Experience driving JEDEC or similar standardization is a plus

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience in DDR design specifications such as DDR and LPDDR
  • Experience in SerDes design specifications such as PCIe, USB, UFS, and MIPI.
  • Experience in Matlab to automate existing simulation flow.
  • Experience in programming languages (C/C++) or scripting languages (Perl/Python) is a plus.
  • Master’s or Ph.D. degree with 8+ years of industry experience.

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:

$213,500.00 - $320,300.00

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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