Qualcomm
CPU Server Physical Design Engineer, Santa Clara
$148K–$222K
Santa Clara, California · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 1, 2026
- Experience
- Bachelor's degree plus 2+ years of relevant work experience; OR master's degree plus 1+ year; OR PhD. Preferred experience includes 2+ years in several listed areas and 1+ year in a large matrixed organization.
- Education
- Bachelor's, master's, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
About the job
Develops, verifies, and improves high-performance, low-power CPU designs from architecture and pre-silicon implementation through post-silicon validation.
What you'll do
- Apply computer architecture, micro-architecture, logic design, circuits, and physical design to develop and verify CPU designs; address functionality, power, and performance issues.
- Collaborate across teams to define requirements, specifications, and design trade-offs.
- Evaluate CPU designs through productization and write technical documentation, including architectural descriptions and verification test plans.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of relevant work experience; OR master's degree in one of those fields and 1+ year of relevant work experience; OR PhD in one of those fields.
Nice to have
- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
- Experience with high-performance microprocessor design, programming, verification tools, synthesis/place/route, validation, or test development.
Pay
$147,900.00 - $221,900.00 (base salary)
Tools
C, C++, Perl, Python, Verilog, VHDL
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