SOC Power Design - Staff

Overview

Qualcomm Hardware Engineer role focused on planning, designing, optimizing, verifying and testing electronic systems and products.

What you'll do

• Leverage advanced hardware knowledge and experience to plan, optimize, verify and test critical electronic systems, bring-up yield, circuits, mechanical systems, Digital/Analog/RF/optical systems, equipment and packaging, test systems, FPGA, and/or DSP systems.
• Integrate complex features and functionality into hardware designs in line with proposals or roadmaps for complex products.
• Conduct complex simulations and analyses of designs and implement designs with the best power, performance, and area.
• Collaborate with cross-functional 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.
• Evaluate, characterize, and develop novel manufacturing solutions for leading edge products in the most advanced processes and bring up products to meet customer expectations and schedules.
• Evaluate reliability of critical materials, properties, and techniques and bring innovation, automation, and optimization to maximize productivity.
• Evaluate complex design features to identify potential flaws, compatibility issues, and/or compliance issues.
• Write detailed technical documentation for complex hardware projects.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience, OR Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience, OR PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

Nice to have

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• 2+ years of experience with circuit design (e.g., digital, analog, RF).
• 2+ years of experience utilizing schematic capture and circuit simulation software.
• 2+ years of experience with hardware design and measurement instruments such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, RF tools, etc.
• 1+ year in a technical leadership role with or without direct reports.

Details

• Works independently with minimal supervision and provides supervision/guidance to other team members.
• Decision-making is significant in nature and affects work beyond the immediate work group.
• Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey complex information; may require negotiation, influence, and tact.
• Has a moderate amount of influence over key organizational decisions.