Chipset Systems Architect

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General Summary:

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 2+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.

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Master's degree in Electronics/Electrical Engineering

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PhD in Electronics/Electrical Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Electronics/Electrical Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science or related field.
• 2+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
• Hands-on experience working in mobile, PC, XR, Wearable, Automotive, Consumer or Industrial IoT industry;

• 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, Voltage regulators, PMICs, eBOM

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

• Good domain knowledge of 2 or more functional areas of SoCs such as Application Processor, 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, product management, 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 expert verbal and written communication skills to convey information. Will 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.

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