Chipset Systems Architect - Senior Staff Engineer

As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm Chipset Architect, you will research, design, develop, simulate, and/or validate systems-level software, hardware, architecture, algorithms, and solutions that enables the development of cutting-edge technology. Qualcomm Systems Engineers collaborate across functional teams to meet and exceed system-level requirements and standards.

Minimum Qualifications:

•    Bachelor's degree in Electronics/Electrical Engineering or related field and 6+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Electronics/Electrical Engineering
OR
PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field

Preferred Qualifications:

•    Master's Degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science or related field. 

•    6+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience. 

•    3+ years of 4G/5G/6G systems and associated cellular standards (e.g.,  3GPP NR, LTE, LTE, 3G).

•    4+ years of experience working in mobile, PC, Automotive or IoT industry;

• Knowledge of ASIL, FUSA, FMEA, ISO 26262 or IEC 61508

• Experience with full product lifecycle from requirements gathering, prototype development, production, knowledge of PCB design flow, EDA tools, electrical and thermal simulations.

• In depth knowledge of power delivery, PDN, component selection, tuning, PMICs, eBOM

• Good knowledge of interfaces (USB, PCIe, SD/eMMC, UFS, LPDDRx, eDP, CSI, DSI, SPI, I2C, UART, SPMI, Slimbus etc)

• Good domain knowledge of two or more functional areas of SoCs such as Application Processor, Neural processing, Display, Graphics, Camera, Video, AI, Modem (4G/5G), WLAN, Power Management etc.

• Working with a wide cross functional team comprising of various design and software teams, reliability, functional safety, business, sales and customer engineering

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

•    Applies Systems knowledge and experience to research, design, develop, simulate, and/or validate systems-level software, hardware, architecture, algorithms, and solutions while ensuring system-level requirements and standards are met.

•    Performs functional analysis to drive requirements and specifications and to define and align with standards for hardware and software.

•    Develops and analyzes system level design including requirements, interface definition, functional/performance definition, and implementation of a new system or modification of an existing system.

•    Collaborates with own team and other teams to complete project work, including implementing and testing features and verifying the accuracy of systems.

•    Develops new and innovative ideas (e.g. IDFs) for a product or feature area.

•    Drives triage of problems at the system level to determine root cause and presents results of testing and debugging to team members.

Level of Responsibility:

•    Works independently with minimum supervision.

•    Decision-making may affect work beyond immediate work group.

•    Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey information. May require basic negotiation, influence, tact, etc. 

•    Has a moderate amount of influence over key organizational decisions (e.g., is consulted by senior leadership to make key decisions).

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