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CPU-Core RTL Director

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In short

Qualcomm is seeking an experienced CPU-Core RTL Director to lead a team of skilled engineers in developing high-performance, low-power CPU cores. This role involves providing technical and organizational leadership throughout the entire CPU development lifecycle, from architecture to silicon bring-up and product delivery. The ideal candidate possesses deep CPU design expertise and strong people leadership skills to drive execution and shape Qualcomm's custom CPU roadmap.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a team of CPU RTL engineers in the design and delivery of complex CPU subsystems.
  • Translate architectural requirements into scalable and efficient microarchitectural implementations.
  • Provide technical direction on microarchitecture, RTL implementation, timing closure, power optimization, verification readiness, and silicon debug.
  • Drive high-quality design reviews and ensure design decisions align with long-term CPU roadmap objectives.
  • Make critical technical decisions involving power, performance, area, frequency, schedule, and risk tradeoffs.
  • Own RTL execution and delivery for CPU projects from concept through silicon.
  • Drive milestone planning and execution, including architecture reviews, RTL development, verification readiness, design freezes, tapeout preparation, and post-silicon support.
  • Lead bug triage and resolution efforts, ensuring efficient prioritization of issues.
  • Evaluate design risks and develop mitigation strategies to maintain project schedules.
  • Coordinate cross-functional activities among Architecture, RTL, Verification, Physical Design, Power, DFT, CAD, Emulation, Firmware, and Program Management teams.
  • Drive achievement of aggressive performance, power, area, frequency, and product goals.
  • Guide teams through complex design tradeoffs.
  • Review performance analysis, workload data, silicon characterization results, and physical design feedback to identify optimization opportunities.
  • Champion design quality through methodology improvements, automation, code health, design reviews, and best practices.
  • Recruit, retain, mentor, and develop top engineering talent.
  • Establish technical growth plans and career development opportunities for team members.
  • Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, technical excellence, and collaboration.
  • Help define team priorities, resource allocation, and organizational strategy.
  • Build strong partnerships across global engineering teams.
  • Support silicon bring-up, performance characterization, power analysis, and post-silicon debug activities.
  • Drive root-cause analysis and corrective actions for critical product issues.
  • Participate in long-term CPU roadmap planning and technology strategy discussions.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
  • 12+ years of experience in CPU RTL design, microarchitecture, or related semiconductor development.
  • 3+ years of experience leading engineering teams or large technical projects.
  • Strong understanding of modern high-performance CPU architecture and microarchitecture.
  • Proven experience delivering complex RTL designs into production silicon.

Desired Qualifications

  • MS or PhD degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline.
  • Deep expertise in one or more of the following domains: Instruction fetch and branch prediction, Decode and rename, Out-of-order scheduling and execution, Integer and floating-point execution, Vector/SIMD execution, Load-store subsystems, Prefetching and memory hierarchy, MMU and virtualization, Cache and coherency systems, Power management and low-power design.
  • Expert knowledge of SystemVerilog and modern RTL development methodologies.
  • Strong understanding of timing closure, physical design interactions, power optimization, and silicon implementation.
  • Experience leading cross-functional execution across Architecture, DV, PD, DFT, CAD, and Product Engineering organizations.
  • Demonstrated ability to make high-impact technical and business tradeoffs under schedule pressure.
  • Experience driving methodology, automation, AI-assisted design workflows, and engineering productivity improvements.
  • Strong communication and leadership skills with the ability to influence across organizations and executive leadership levels.

Benefits

  • Competitive annual discretionary bonus program.
  • Opportunity for annual RSU grants.
  • Highly competitive benefits package designed to support success at work, at home, and at play.
  • Details about US benefits are available at a provided link.
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Company

Qualcomm

Job Posted

1 day ago

Employment Type

Full Time

WorkMode

On Site

Experience Level

Executive

Locations

Austin, United States of America

Qualification

Bachelor, Master, Doctoral

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