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The Always On Subsystem Power Management Firmware Engineer joins the ASICS Engineering group to enable power management solutions for Qualcomm SOCs. Working within the Always On subsystem, the engineer develops embedded firmware to manage the distribution of allocated power and thermal budgets. Key responsibilities include defining, modeling, designing, optimizing, verifying, validating, implementing, and documenting IP development for high performance, low power products. The role involves characterizing new and existing IPs while collaborating with hardware power management and firmware development teams. Candidates must utilize architecture and design tools, scripting tools, and programming languages to execute complex process flows from high-level design to synthesis, place and route, and timing. This position solves critical power and thermal management problems for next-generation mobile and connected hardware platforms.
Define, model, design, optimize, verify, and document IP development for high-performance, low-power products.
Develop and implement embedded firmware to manage the Always On subsystem's power and thermal budgets.
Create advanced architectures, circuit specifications, logic designs, and system simulations based on requirements.
Characterize existing and new IPs to ensure proper functionality and performance.
Evaluate complex process flows from high-level design through synthesis, place and route, and timing.
Utilize EDA tools like RTL to GDS Flow and Virtuoso to execute advanced architecture designs.
Write and review detailed technical documentation for complex EDA, IP, and ASIC projects.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
Master's degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science (preferred).
6+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience (preferred).
2+ years of experience with architecture and design tools (preferred).
2+ years of experience with scripting tools and programming languages (preferred).
2+ years of experience with design verification methods (preferred).