Sr. Staff/Principal ASIC Design Architect - Display Peripherals

Company:
Qualcomm Canada ULC

Job Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

General Summary:

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.

As Sr.Staff/Principal Design Architect for this Display IP, you will be responsible for architecture standards and peripherals design across a broad range of mobile, XR, compute, and automotive use cases. You will:

• Own end to end system architecture
• Determine architecture standards
• Oversee definition, design, verification, and documentation for ASIC development.
• Define module interfaces/formats for simulation.
• Evaluate all aspects of the process flow from high-level design to synthesis, place and route, and timing and power use.
• Analyze equipment to establish operation data, conducts experimental tests, and evaluates results.
• Provide technical expertise for next generation initiatives.
• Collaborate, review and enable design and system teams to execute on dependent specifications
• Post-silicon commercialization support and customer engineering documentation
• Defining and patenting novel architectures that drive industry leadership.
• Provides technical expertise for next generation initiatives.
• Use tools/applications (i.e., Cadence, RTL Compiler, etc.) to execute advanced architecture and design of multiple complex blocks and makes suggestions for design protocol.
• Utilize advanced problem solving and ASIC engineering practices to resolve complex architecture, design, or verification problems.
• Own the design and verification strategies of ASICs, SoC, and IP cores.
• Maintain regular communication with key team members to ensure continued alignment between team deliverables and product execution plan.
• Write technical documentation and provides technical expertise for design or project reviews and project meetings to ensure team's best interest is represented.
• Act as a tech lead on small to large projects and owns team deliverables of the project.

Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 8+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 7+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 6+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

Requirements:

• 8+ years of experience in ASIC RTL design with a concentration in display (CDC, FIFOs implementation, Bus implementation/verification techniques, Memory selection and control, High speed and low power design optimization, Bus interface protocols, etc).
• Extensive Knowledge of display technologies used in peripherals such as DisplayPort, HDMI and/or MIPI DSI

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's or PhD degree in Computer Engineering or Computer Science with a significant research component and foundation in VLSI concepts.
• 15+ years ASIC design, verification, or related work experience.
• 10+ years experience with computer architecture and design tools.
• 10+ years experience with bus design and/or cache, memory controllers, low power design
• Knowledge of peripheral interface standards such as VESA DisplayPort, DSC, MIPI, HDCP, USB, PCIE, FPDLink, GMSL, GVIF, APIX, ML, MLE, IEEE 820.3dm, IEEE1722, CTA
• Multimedia architectures for display
• Experience with embedded software development, including Agile Embedded software methodologies and processes.
• Experience managing SW development teams (directly or matrixed)
• Comfortable making technical and business presentations to a wide range of audiences, including to senior management.
• Ability to independently drive activities/project with internal and external cross-functional teams
• Effective written/verbal communication and presentation skills
• Highly motivated team player who possesses outstanding analytical skills
• Global market experience

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