ASIC / NoC SoC deployment architect - Qualcomm - Guyancourt, France

Company: Qualcomm France S.A.R.L.

Job Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

General Summary

The QITC mission is to develop and deploy custom‑built interconnect hardware IPs, software tools, and exploration and verification methodologies so that SoC integration teams can quickly assemble SoCs with the desired Power Performance Area (PPA) characteristics. QITC technology embraces the complete SoC infrastructure to provide increased SoC performance at minimal cost for integration. Our work is at the backbone of the SoC, interconnecting all major IP solutions.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate regularly with highly skilled experts across different teams (Architecture, Hardware, software, verification, emulation, ...) to ensure our technology is used efficiently in Qualcomm SoCs.
• Contribute to the definition of interconnect requirements and configuration in the various SoCs.
• Be responsible for the technical support of new QITC solutions.
• Help resolve NoC micro‑architecture and NoC integration issues.
• Participate in defining new solutions and improvements for our technology.
• Develop in‑depth technical material and organize trainings for different teams worldwide.

Skills / Experience

• Strong understanding of overall SoC development flow: SoC architecture, RTL design and verification, SoC performance and DDR memory channel, physical implementation, silicon debug.
• Good knowledge in system‑level features such as memory‑mapping, MMUs, Quality of Service, cache infrastructure, security schemes, etc.
• Strong analytical skills for debugging in simulation, emulation or silicon bring‑up environments.
• Understanding of interconnect protocols like AHB, AXI, ACE, ACE‑Lite, CHI, NoC concepts.
• Python and Perl scripting.
• Ability to quickly react and adapt to changes.
• Excellent communication skills.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Microelectronics, Computer Science, or related field.
• Preferably 5‑10 years of solid experience in design, architecture and/or application engineering in SoC/ASIC development cycle.
• Standard SoC knowledge: Multimedia IPs, GPU, multi‑core CPU architecture, processors, caches, memory controller, interconnects and related design, integration and verification challenges.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with SoC high‑speed protocols and chiplet architectures.
• Experience with coherency protocols.

Benefits

• Friendly and collaborative working environment.
• Salary, stock, and performance‑related bonus.
• Maternity/Paternity Leave.
• Employee stock purchase scheme.
• Matching pension scheme.
• Education assistance.
• Life, medical, income, and travel insurance.

Equal Opportunity Employment

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. You may e‑mail disability‑ or call Qualcomm's toll‑free number. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities.