Memory Designer

## Company: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. ## Job Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering General Summary: This position involves designing and implementing low-power, high performance, area-efficient embedded memory circuits and architectures. As part of the Memory IP team, you will take innovative and revolutionary ideas and turn them into reality in Qualcomm’s Snapdragon products. This is a highly visible role where your design will highly influence various parts of CPU/GPU/Modem/NSP/Camera designs. Position will be located in San Diego, CA. Responsibilities As a member of our team, your responsibilities will include (but not limited to): * Develop custom digital circuits for high-speed and low-power SRAM designs. * Schematic capture, simulation of major blocks, margin verifications * Layout planning and supervision * Interacting with CAD team for full verification and model generation * Interacting with SoC teams (CPU, GPU, Modem, etc) to define memory PPA targets. Qualifications * 5+ years of academic or professional experience designing embedded memories for SoC applications. * Strong knowledge in CPU L1/L2 cache design, compiler SRAM/Register File architectures and advanced custom circuit implementations * Strong knowledge of high-performance and low-power design features & techniques * Strong knowledge of semiconductor device fundamentals * Familiar with variation-aware design in nanomenter CMOS & FinFet technology nodes * Experience with tight pitch-matched memory layout designs * Experience with full embedded memory design flow: architecture, circuit design, physical implementation, compiler automation, characterization, timing and model generation * Good understanding of physical implementation impact on circuit performance Minimum Qualifications: • Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience. OR Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience. OR PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field. 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: $115,600.00 - $173,400.00 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.