Company:
Qualcomm Technologies International LtdJob Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > CPU EngineeringGeneral Summary:
In Jan 21, we acquired Qualcomm comprises a proven world-class CPU and technology design team, with industry-leading expertise in high performance processors, Systems on a Chip (SoC) and power management for compute-intensive devices and applications.
Make no mistake, this is a once in a generation opportunity to join a class leading CPU team in Cambridge developing silicon, no just IP .. actual product in multiple sectors! Qualcomm CPUs are expected to be integrated across our broad portfolio of product -, powering flagship smartphones, next-generation laptops, and digital cockpits, as well as Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, extended reality and infrastructure networking solutions.
Where you will be working
Cambridge, located in the East of England, 50 miles north of London, is a unique and beautiful city, renowned for its world-class university and the thriving cluster of high technology businesses that have grown up around it. Cambridge is well served by road and rail links, and is within easy distance of the major London airports
About Us
At our Cambridge site we are focused on pioneering IoT and automotive technologies, with engineering areas of excellence including, Analogue and Digital Design, Voice and Music (Hardware, Software, OEM Support, Innovation).
Cambridge is our largest office in the UK, with more than 600 team members including engineers, business strategists and support staff.
Equal Opportunities & Equal Pay
We are an Equal Opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any protected classification.
Giving Back
Employees in Cambridge have a strong sense of community. We are encouraged through the philanthropic endeavours of the Qualcomm Foundation to support causes that matter to us.
What's on Offer
Apart from working in an open, relaxed and collaborative space, you will enjoy:
- Salary, stock and performance related bonus
- Maternity/Paternity Leave
- Employee stock purchase scheme
- Matching pension scheme
- Education Assistance
- Relocation and immigration support
- Life, Medical, Income and Travel Insurance
- Subsidised gym membership
- Bicycle purchase scheme
- Employee run clubs, including, running, football, chess, badminton + many more
At Qualcomm we recognise all our personal circumstances differ. Therefore we have recently introduced a 'working from home' scheme that, alongside our flexi-time policy, provides our staff a custom working environment that is conducive for personal development and growth.
We are hiring talented engineers for CPU RTL development targeted for high performance, low power devices. As a CPU Micro-architecture and RTL Design Engineer, you will work with chip architects to conceive of the micro-architecture, and also help with architecture/product definition through early involvement in the product life-cycle.
Roles and Responsibilities
Performance exploration. Explore high performance strategies working with the CPU modeling team.
Microarchitecture development and specification. From early high-level architectural exploration, through micro architectural research and arriving at a detailed specification.
RTL ownership. Development, assessment and refinement of RTL design to target power, performance, area and timing goals.
Functional verification support. Help the design verification team execute on the functional verification strategy.
Performance verification support. Help verify that the RTL design meets the performance goals.
Design delivery. Work with multi-functional engineering team to implement and validate physical design on the aspects of timing, area, reliability, testability and power.
Preferred Qualifications
Thorough knowledge of microprocessor architecture including expertise in one or more of the following areas: instruction fetch and decode, branch prediction, instruction scheduling and register renaming, out-of-order execution, integer and floating point execution, load/store execution, prefetching, cache and memory subsystems
Knowledge of Verilog and/or VHDL. Experience with simulators and waveform debugging tools
Knowledge of logic design principles along with timing and power implications
Understanding of low power microarchitecture techniques
Understanding of high performance techniques and trade-offs in a CPU microarchitecture
Experience using a scripting language such as Perl or Python
For an indepth interview with Christiano Amon, Qualcomm CEO regarding NUVIA - click here - https://bit.ly/NUVIA
*References to a particular number of years experience are for indicative purposes only. Applications from candidates with equivalent experience will be considered, provided that the candidate can demonstrate an ability to fulfill the principal duties of the role and possesses the required competencies.
Although this role has some expected minor physical activity, this should not deter otherwise qualified applicants from applying. If you are an individual with a physical or mental disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, please call Qualcomm’s toll-free number found herefor assistance. Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations, upon request, to support individuals with disabilities as part of our ongoing efforts to create an accessible workplace.
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