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Senior Engineer, ASIC Digital Design


Company : Qualcomm]


Location : Vancouver, British Columbia


Created : 2025-06-10


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

**Company:** ------------ Qualcomm Canada ULC **Job Area:** ------------- Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering **General Summary:** Digital - Oversees definition, design, verification, and documentation for ASIC development for a variety of products. Determines architecture design, logic design, and system simulation. Defines module interfaces/formats for simulation. Evaluates all aspects of the process flow from high-level design to synthesis, place and route, and timing and power use. * Responsible for generating detailed micro-architecture technical specifications from Architectural/IEEE spec and systems requirements and deliver the design * Working with the WiFi algorithm and systems team to design and test advanced WiFi physical (PHY) and MAC layer functionalities * Knowledge of 802.11 (Wireless LAN) PHY/MAC, 802.3 (Ethernet) or similar protocols * Working with the verification engineers to develop unit-level and integrated-level test-benches * Hardware description languages (Verilog, System Verilog), Logic Design, RTL coding, debugging skills. * High performance bus interfaces such as AXI and AHB * Debugging the designs stand-alone and integrated with the system * Synthesis and gate-level timing tasks related to the designed module and assist with verification and timing of the entire chip * Design quality checks such as lint, CDC and low power rule checks * RTL-level and gate-level vector-based power analysis * Pre-silicon and post silicon validation of ASIC designs **Minimum Qualifications** Bachelor''s degree in Engineering and 2+ years of ASIC design or related work experience. OR Master''s degree in Engineering and some ASIC design or related work experience. **Principal Duties & Responsibilities:** * Leverages advanced ASIC knowledge and experience to define, model, design (digital and/or analog), optimize, verify, validate, implement, and document IP (block/SoC) development for a variety of high performance, high quality, low power products. * Creates micro-architectures, circuit specifications, logic designs, and/or system simulations based on system-level requirements. * Collaborates across functional teams (e.g., software architecture, hardware architecture, product management, program management teams) to develop and execute an implementation strategy that meets system requirements and customer needs. * Evaluates all aspects of complex process flow from high-level design to synthesis, place and route, timing and power use, and verification or similarly for custom circuit design/layout flow. * Utilizes tools/applications (e.g., RTL to GDS Flow, Virtuoso) to execute and enable advanced architecture and design of multiple complex blocks/SoC or IC Packages. * Writes and reviews detailed technical documentation for complex EDA/IP/ASIC projects. **Level of Responsibility:** * Works independently with minimal supervision. * Provides supervision/guidance to other team members. * Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey complex information. May require negotiation, influence, tact, etc. * Has a moderate amount of influence over key organizational decisions (e.g., is consulted by senior leadership to make key decisions). * Tasks do not have defined steps; planning, problem-solving, and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively. **Minimum Qualifications:** * Bachelor''s degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience. OR Master''s degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience. OR PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field. **Applicants**: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. 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