Audio ASIC Digital Design Lead

Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) is the world leader in next generation mobile technologies. The company delivers innovative digital wireless communications products and services based on CDMA and other advanced technologies.

* Be the digital design lead for Wideband Audio Codec * Work in a cross functional environment involving Analog and Mixed Signal, Software and Audio Systems as well as Design Verification, Physical Design, DFT, Silicon Characterization and Validation and Consumer Engineering organizations * Oversee design reviews, documentation and project schedule * Be hands-on in all aspects of design flow including methodology, architecture, micro-architecture, performance modelling, design for low power, implementation and verification. * Be proficient in state of the art VLSI implementation (RTL to GDS) flow. This includes coding, simulation, emulation and simulation acceleration, front-end RTL integration and processing, synthesis and constraints management, PPA analysis methodologies, DFT/MBIST, timing closure and PD aspects of the design. * Work closely with Design Verification in order to ensure quality and completeness of test plans, successful functional coverage closure and ultimately first time right silicon * Be hands-on with low power design and implementation techniques * Be experienced in analog and mixed-signal IP integration

**Minimum Qualifications** At least 15 years of industry experience with the following: * Successfully lead VLSI/ASIC design teams from product specification to tape out. * Hardware description languages (Verilog, and System Verilog), RTL design, simulation, synthesis, and timing analysis. * Design verification methodologies (coverage closure, formal methods etc). * Audio DSP implementation and architecture. * Identifying architectural, micro-architecture and implementation strategies to optimize power, performance and area for a given set of features. **Preferred Qualifications** * Design experience with Audio CODEC products for cell phones or other consumer electronics (CE) devices. * Ability to effectively manage multiple ongoing projects over possibly geographically distributed teams. * Experience with audio algorithms e.g. Low Power Voice/Audio activation, Speaker Protection and Active Noise Cancellation * Microprocessor and/or Digital Signal Processor architecture and design for audio applications. **Education Requirements** * Required: Bachelor's, Computer Engineering and/or Electrical Engineering * Required: Master's, Computer Engineering and/or Electrical Engineering