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60 Qualcomm Asic Design Engineer Jobs Hiring Near You

Physical Design Engineer

San Diego, CA · On-site

$144K - $148K/yr

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 ...

HW Security Design Engineer

San Diego, CA · On-site

$164K - $246K/yr

OR PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience. Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are ...

Physical Design Engineer - DSP Team

Austin, TX · On-site

$134K - $138K/yr

OR PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience. Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are ...

Camera Design Engineer

San Diego, CA · On-site

$148K - $222K/yr

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Job Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Camera Engineering General Summary: The Multimedia Camera HW team is looking for strong ASIC design engineer for an ...

Physical Design Engineer

San Diego, CA · On-site

$98K - $147K/yr

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 ...

OR PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience. Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are ...

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Job Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group > RFIC Design General ... OR Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design ...

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ASIC Design Engineer (Hardware Security)

ASIC Design Engineer (Hardware Security)

Qualcomm

San Diego, CA • On-site

Full-time

Posted 24 days ago


Qualcomm rating

9.6

Company rating: 9.6 out of 10

Based on 5 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

4th of 186 rated software companies


Job description

Company:
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Job Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS 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.
A world leader in smart mobile technologies, QCT offers complete solutions that enable continuous innovation for today's smart connected devices. Our vast expertise in wireless technology, combined with our unique systems approach to developing solutions, puts QCT at the forefront of the rapidly expanding mobile industry. QCT offers solutions for CDMA, UMTS, GSM and LTE technologies, providing support for both 3G, 4G and now 5G networks and devices. Qualcomm also offers a broad portfolio of additional wired and wireless technologies for the mobile, networking, computing and consumer electronics product segments. All of our solutions and products are elegantly engineered for optimal performance and power consumption. Our system-on-chip solutions like Snapdragon bring together CPU, GPU, connectivity, security, multimedia and GPS technologies in a way that is redefining mobile possibilities for people everywhere. Because of its unsurpassed performance and capabilities, Snapdragon is enhancing the mobile experience and fueling an ever-expanding array of new connected device categories, ranging from smartphones to tablets to e-readers and beyond.
The Hardware Security team works on cutting edge security solution products for premium Snapdragon chip sets and is seeking Hardware Design engineers with solid ASIC design experience in San Diego, CA.
This is a high-level, high-profile position, requiring interaction with cross-functional teams. The work will expose the candidate to all aspects of hardware security product creation flow, including Architecture, Microarchitecture, Design, Validation, IP development, Synthesis, Timing closure, Layout, and thorough Silicon Testing. Candidates will be exposed and involved in state-of-the-art security solutions, countermeasures and techniques.
Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, or related Sciences
  • 6+ years of experience in ASIC design
  • Experience and understanding of ASIC design flow: Architecture, Microarchitecture, verilog/system-verilog RTL design, Clock Domain Crossings, DFT, synthesis, and timing closure
  • Knowledge of bus protocols, clocks/resets, debug concepts
  • Problem solving, strong communication and teamwork skills
  • Self-driven, motivated, able to work with minimum supervision

Stand out of the crowd:
  • Experience with microcontroller CPUs, Busses (AHB/AXI/others), or Peripherals
  • Experience with system level architecture, complex subsystems, integration of analog and digital IP, implementation techniques, silicon test
  • Experience with High-speed, Low Area, and Low Power architecture
  • Experience in hardware security fields like Root of Trust, RNG, symmetric and asymmetric crypto, side-channel, error correction codes, hardening, etc
  • Experience in verification, modeling, test-planning

Education Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree minimum, Master's or PhD preferred.

Keywords:
SoC (system on chip), Security, ASIC, Digital Design, Crypto, Cryptography, Encryption, side-channel, subsystem, lead
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.
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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:
$140,000.00 - $229,800.00
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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Qualcomm is enabling a world where everyone and everything can be intelligently connected. You interact with products and technologies made possible by Qualcomm every day, including 5G-enabled smartphones that double as pro-level cameras and gaming devices, smarter vehicles and cities, and the technology behind the smart, connected factories that manufactured your latest purchase. Our powerful connectivity solutions keep you connected—even in remote areas. Qualcomm 5G and AI innovations are the power behind the connected intelligent edge. You’ll find our technologies behind and inside the innovations that deliver significant value across multiple industries and to billions of people every day.

Industry

Technology, communication and media

Company size

10,000+ Employees

Headquarters location

San Diego, CA, US

Year founded

1985