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As a Qualcomm CPU Engineer, you will lead innovative Central Processing Unit (CPU) design efforts that have a critical impact on industries across the world. Qualcomm Engineers collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, verify, and implement multi-core CPU operations for all Qualcomm Business Units.\nMinimum Qualifications:\n• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.OR\nMaster's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.\nOR\nPhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.\n Preferred Qualifications:\nMaster's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.\n6+ years of work experience with high-performance microprocessor design.\n6+ years of work experience with high level programming (e.g., C, C++), scripting language programming (e.g., Perl, Python, etc.).\n6+ years of work experience with simulators and/or waveform debugging tools (e.g., Verilog, VHDL, etc.).\n6+ years of work experience with industry standard tools for synthesis place and/or route and design verification.\n6+ years of work experience with simulation, emulation, formal verification, or silicon validation.\n6+ years of experience in creating functional models, checkers, test plans, and/or test generation.\n2+ years experience working in a large matrixed organization.\n1+ year of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership (e.g., Director level and above).\nPrincipal Duties and Responsibilities:\nLeverages advanced knowledge of computer architecture, micro-architecture, logic design, circuits, and/or physical design to develop and verify high performance and low power CPU designs.\nAnticipates, identifies, and solves complex problems to ensure design completeness, functionality, power, and performance.\nCollaborates with cross-functional teams to define requirements, specifications, and trade-offs (e.g., performance, power, cost, functionalities, etc.) in order to accomplish product goals.\nEvaluates 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.\nWrites detailed technical documentation (e.g., feature descriptions, architectural descriptions, verification test plans, and implementation details, etc.) for complex CPU designs.\nLevel of Responsibility:\nWorks independently with minimal supervision.\nProvides supervision/guidance to other team members.\nDecision-makingis significant in nature and affects work beyond immediate work group.\nRequires verbal and written communication skills to convey information. May require basic negotiation, influence, tact, etc.\nHas a moderate amount of influence over key organizational decisions.\nTasks do not have defined steps; planning, problem-solving, and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively.\nApplicants: 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  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).\nQualcomm 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.\nTo 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. 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