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# Director, Engineering SOC/ASIC Design

- **Company:** Qualcomm
- **Location:** San Diego, CA, United States (Remote available)
- **Salary:** $216,400.0 - $324,600.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computer Engineering, Scripting, Application Specific Integrated Circuits, Information Technology, Programming Languages
- **Published:** July 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=8bb0a56a4c61a62b

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 8+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience., Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 7+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 6+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience., * Master's degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.

 * 12+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
 * 4 + years of experience with architecture and design tools .
 * 4 + years of experience with scripting tools and programming languages .

 * 4 + years of experience with design verification methods.

 * 2 + years of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership (e.g., Vice President level and above).
 * 1+ year of working with operating budgets and/or project financials.

## Description

* Develop architecture and module specifications
 * Analyze performance, area, power, and system cost tradeoffs for different implementations
 * Provide guidance to different IP teams regarding product requirements
 * Work with SOC team in defining the execution plan encompassing design, DV, synthesis, DFT, PD phases leading to tapeout
 * Work with Packaging team to develop System-In-Package (SIP) encompassing SOC and different memory/compute chips
 * Define and monitor pre-Silicon functional and performance validation plans followed by same on Silicon
 * Coordinate with Production Test Engineering to drive commercialization rollout
 * Work with datacenter SW and HW teams for deployment in the datacenter.


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