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About Qualcomm
Qualcomm is a leading American semiconductor and telecommunications company based in San Diego, CA.
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Sr. Staff Hardware Design Engineer, SoC/SIP joins the Data Center AI Hardware Engineering team to develop motherboards, add-in cards, and modules for new AI System On Chip and System In Package technologies. This role involves leading schematic designs, PCB layouts, component selections, and thermal management while collaborating with cross-functional teams and ODMs to execute projects from concept to production. The position focuses on rack-level integration of cards, servers, and networking switches to solve complex infrastructure challenges. Key technical requirements include expertise in high-speed serial I/O like PCIe Gen5/6 and 400G Ethernet, as well as experience with LPDDR4x memory, power delivery systems, and signal integrity analysis. Candidates will utilize tools such as Cadence Allegro, Mentor Expedition, and SPICE while performing hardware bring-up and debugging using oscilloscopes and JTAG tools to ensure high-performance system reliability.
x86
ARM
Cadence Allegro
PCB Layout
Signal Integrity
Power Integrity
High-Speed Board Design
Oscilloscope
Logic Analyzers
Multi-meters
PCIe
BMC
Out of Band Management
Hardware Debug
System Integration
HPC
AI Workloads
PCB Design
Siemens/Mentor Xpedition
Altium
Cadence Allegro
high speed design
HDI
DFM
Valor
CAM350
RF
Analog
Digital Circuits
DDR5
LPDDR
HDMI
PCIe
SATA
MIPI
USB
GigE
PLM
Agile
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