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Qualcomm is a leading American semiconductor and telecommunications company based in San Diego, CA.
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As a CPU Micro-Architecture and RTL Design Engineer within the CPU Engineering team, you will contribute to the development of high-performance, low-power devices utilizing the RISC-V Architecture. You will collaborate with chip architects to conceive micro-architectures, perform performance exploration, and develop detailed specifications from early architectural research stages. Your daily responsibilities include owning RTL design by refining it for power, performance, area, and timing goals, while providing critical support for both functional and performance verification. The role requires expertise in microprocessor architecture—including branch prediction, out-of-order execution, and memory subsystems—alongside proficiency in Verilog or VHDL, logic design principles, and scripting languages like Perl or Python. You will solve complex hardware challenges by balancing high-performance techniques with low-power microarchitecture requirements to ensure successful physical design delivery for advanced processor systems.