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# Senior Hardware Engineer - SoC Architecture & Design - Qualcomm - Grenoble, France

- **Company:** Qualcomm
- **Location:** Grenoble, France
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Logic Synthesis of Circuits, Microprocessors, Ethernet, Formal Verification, PCI Express, Reduced Instruction Set Computing, High Performance Computing, Application Specific Integrated Circuits, Front End Software Development, Physical Design
- **Published:** October 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=962d4971c11e20c2

## About the Role

* 8+ years of experience in SoC architecture and digital design.
 * Strong understanding of SoC architectures, memory subsystems, and Network-on-Chip (NoC) concepts.
 * Knowledge of ARM and/or RISC-V based systems.
 * Familiarity with cache coherency, virtualization, MMU/SMMU, and memory architectures.
 * Understanding of accelerators and high-performance computing systems.
 * Experience with industry-standard interfaces such as AXI, CHI, DDR, PCIe, and Ethernet.
 * Hands-on experience with RTL development.
 * Good knowledge of front-end design flows including synthesis, lint, CDC, DFT, and formal verification. Strong communication and technical leadership skills.
*, * Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of relevant experience, or

 * Master's degree and 6+ years of relevant experience, or PhD and 4+ years of relevant experience.
*, * Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience., 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.

 * References to a particular number of years experience are for indicative purposes only. Applications from candidates with equivalent experience will be considered, provided that the candidate can demonstrate an ability to fulfill the principal duties of the role and possesses the required competencies.

## Description

* Define SoC and subsystem architectures and micro-architectures.
 * Develop and integrate CPUs, accelerators, memory, and interconnect solutions.
 * Write and maintain high-quality RTL.
 * Collaborate with architecture, verification, physical design, and software teams. Drive design convergence from architecture to silicon.
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