CPU Synthesis CAD Engineer

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NUVIA is now part of Qualcomm. Our mission is to reimagine silicon and create computing platforms that will transform the industry. You will have the opportunity to work with some of the most talented and passionate engineers in the world to create designs that push the envelope on performance, energy efficiency and scalability.

As CPU Synthesis CAD engineer, you will build and support the world’s best front-end implementation tools and flows. Your tools and flows will ensure our custom Oryon CPUs have industry-leading power, performance and area.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Develop, integrate and release new features in our high-performance synthesis CAD flow
• Architect and recommend methodology improvements to ensure our silicon has the best power, performance and area (PPA)
• Maintain, support and debug front-end implementation flows, and resolve project-specific issues 
• Work closely with CPU Physical Design CAD engineers to result in tight vertical integration between front-end and back-end PPA.
• Work closely with worldwide CPU synthesis/physical design teams, and provide methodology guidance, tools/flows support and help achieve class-leading PPA.
• Work with EDA vendors to define roadmap and to resolve tool issues

Minimum Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ten+ years of hands-on experience in synthesis/place-and-route of high-performance chips - either in a design or CAD role
• High level of proficiency in Tcl as well as Python
• Experience with automation
• Experience with a wide variety of front-end tasks - logic synthesis, logic equivalency checking, low-power-intent (UPF), front-end signoff.
• Solid understanding of digital design, timing analysis and low-power design
• Solid understanding of RTL description languages such as Verilog and SystemVerilog.
• Experience with advanced technology nodes (5nm or lower)
• Strong user of industry-standard synthesis tools such as Cadence Genus or Synopsys FusionCompiler, and front-end signoff tools such as Cadence LEC and Cadence Conformal Low Power
• Proven track record of managing and regressing synthesis flows

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

•    Leverages expert knowledge of computer architecture, micro-architecture, logic design, circuits, and/or physical design to develop and verify highly critical high performance and low power CPU designs.

•    Anticipates, identifies, and solves highly complex problems to ensure design completeness, functionality, power, and performance. 

•    Collaborates with high-level cross-functional stakeholders to define requirements, specifications, and trade-offs (e.g., performance, power, cost, functionalities, etc.) in order to accomplish product goals.

•    Evaluates all aspects of the design process from conceptualization to productization (i.e., architecture definition, feasibility, pre-silicon design and verification, and post-silicon validation) that meet customer and industry standards.  

•    Writes detailed technical documentation (e.g., feature descriptions, architectural descriptions, verification test plans, and implementation details, etc.) for highly complex CPU designs; reviews documentation of experienced engineers.

• Level of Responsibility:
  
•     Provides supervision to direct reports.
  
•     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 great degree of influence over key organizational decisions.

•    Tasks often require multiple steps which can be performed in various orders; extensive planning, problem-solving, and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively.

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:

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.

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