RTL Design (NOC/Interconnect) -Staff

Job description

General Summary: 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:- - Design for Next-gen Qualcomm coherent and non-coherent interconnect fabric - Responsible for specification, Micro-Arch, design and verification of interconnect and related IPs - 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 HDC infrastructure (NoC/Interconnect) core team Minimum Qualifications - 8-12 years of solid experience in IP/SoC design/Verification - Understanding of interconnect protocols like CHI/AHB/AXI/ACE/ACE-Lite/NoC concepts - Good knowledge ofRTL development and verification - Hands-on experience with SoC Design, Verilog RTL coding - 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 Bachelor''s degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience. OR Master''s degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience. OR PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.