Wireless HW Design Architect (FPGA/ASIC) - Staff/Sr Staff

Company:

Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Engineering

General Summary:

Wireless HW Design Architect (FPGA/ASIC) - Staff/Sr Staff

BDC WRD (Wi-Fi R&D) is responsible for establishing Qualcomm as a leader in Wi-Fi technology. We are looking for a strong digital design architect, with some signal processing background.

As design architect, you will work on upcoming IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi) standards, architect and implement new features on FPGA. You will have opportunity to contribute to entire life cycle of technology from HW architecture, micro-architecture, RTL coding and targeting the design to FPGA. You will work closely with standards, algorithm and SW teams to implement and validate the features.

Skills & Experience

• MTech/BTech in Electronics & Communication Engineering with 8-13 years in defining architecture from spec, design, micro-architecture, RTL coding and mapping the design into FPGAs
• Proficient in Verilog, System-Verilog programming and VHDL (optional) languages
• Good experience in leading a small team with good mentoring skills
• Solid experience with FPGA design tools such as Xilinx Vivado is a must
• Strong knowledge of Xilinx latest FPGA families architecture
• Solid experience in HW infrastructure design and protocols like Ethernet and AMBA(APB/AHB/AXI/ACE) etc.
• Knowledge of signal processing concepts/algorithms and Wi-Fi standards (802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax) is good to have
• Good experience in any scripting languages (Perl, Tcl, etc..)
• Good experience with ILA/Logic analyzer usage
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills. Experience with pre & post-silicon bring-up and debug in lab is also a must.
• Able to work with teams across the globe and possess good communication skills

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 6+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 5+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, Micro-architecture design, RTL coding and development and its validation for linting, CDC rules.
• Work with SoC architect to define SoC level interfaces & System architect to define IP micro architecture.
• Work with functional verification team on test-plan development and debug.
• Creatively overcome obstacles, Invent, and file patents on technical solutions to relevant problems.
• Develop timing constraints, synthesize the RTL, perform Floor planning, Place & Route, Bit stream generation.
• Provide debugging support to Testing team and platform level debug.

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