Network-on-chip/interconnect Design -Staff Engineer

Network-on-chip (NoC)/ Interconnect Design and Architecture for the next generation System-on-chip (SoC) for smartphones, notebooks, smart glasses, tablets and other product categories. The roles and responsibilities for this position includes but not limited to:-

• Architecture and deployment of Next-gen Qualcomm coherent and non-coherent interconnect fabric
• Responsible for specification, Micro-Arch, design and verification of interconnect and related IP’s
• Actively work with SoC Architecture, verification, physical design team, Soc Floorplan, core teams and various other interconnect teams in various other sites
• Partner with SoC performance team ensuring Interconnect meeting all performance requirement, and with silicon validation team to co-relate pre-silicon and post silicon design assumptions
• Responsible for micro-architecting all relevant debug hooks in NoC Infrastructure to help root cause silicon issues
• Will be part of BDC infrastructure (NoC/Interconnect) core team

Minimum Qualifications:

• 8+ years of solid experience in IP/SoC design
• Understanding of interconnect protocols like CHI/AHB/AXI/ACE/ACE-Lite/NoC concepts
• Good knowledge of RTL development and verification
• Hands-on experience with SoC Design, Verilog RTL coding
• Understanding of Verif is a plus
• Understanding of multi-core ARMv8/v9 CPU architecture, coherency protocols and virtualization.
• Working knowledge of Synthesis, DC/DCG synthesis with Synopsys design complier, DFT, verification, formal verification, silicon debug
• Working knowledge of Lint, CDC, PLDRC, CLP etc
• Good understanding of the design convergence cycle in terms of architecture, micro-architecture, synthesis, timing closure and verification
• Manage SoC dependencies, planning and tracking of all front-end design related tasks
• Driving the project milestones across the design, verification and physical implementations
• Should possess effective communication and leadership skills

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.