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Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Job Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Analog Mixed Signal Design
General Summary:
Oversees definition, design, verification, and documentation for development of a variety of CMOS mixed analog/digital blocks such as: data converters, PLLs, analog/digital filters, low drop out linear voltage regulators, precision references, comparators, fingerprint sensor AFE, audio amplifiers and high speed SERDES. Determines architecture design and circuit specifications based on system level requirements. Is actively involved in all aspects of the design from system definition/simulation to circuit design and simulation. Heavy involvement in overseeing layout and silicon evaluation is also expected. Uses design tools such as Cadence ADE, MathWorks MATLAB and others. Provides technical expertise for new initiatives (e.g., 5G, analog design automation).
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering with 2+ years of experience with analog or mixed-signal integrated circuit design in nanometer planar CMOS or FinFET and 4+ years of ASIC design, verification, or related work experience.
OR
- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field and 4+ years of ASIC design, verification, or related work experience.
OR
- PhD in Electrical Engineering or related field and 2+ of years ASIC design, verification, or related work experience.
- 2+ years of experience using one or more design tools (e.g., CADENCE, SPICE, MATLAB, and/or Verilog/VHDL).
Preferred Qualifications:
- PhD in Electrical Engineering or related field.
- 4+ years of experience in analog/mixed-signal integrated CMOS circuit design for a specific area (e.g., VCO, PLL, and DLL design, Audio CODEC and Class D Audio amplifier design, Delta-Sigma, SAR ADCs, Current-Steering DACs, high speed DDR PHYs, high-speed SERDES).
- 1+ year of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership (e.g., Director and above).
- 1+ year of experience in a technical leadership role.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
- Uses advanced tools or databases to build and improve on architecture and circuit designs for multiple blocks; contributes to design reviews and provides feedback to others.
- Works with layout teams to oversee block-level layout of multiple blocks.
- Defines verification plan for portion of IP or chip and runs complex simulations and analyses (e.g., power, performance) on designs; documents and utilizes results to improve and verify designs and achieve power, performance, and functionality targets.
- Designs, programs, and runs complex tests and reviews tests of junior team members; ensures bugs and other issues are identified and appropriately analyzed.
- Consults with internal or external users and third-party vendors to guide implementation and ensure alignment with their needs and goals.
- Builds deep understanding of one's domain and understands several other domains to anticipate how all components will integrate in the broader framework.
- Writes clear and detailed technical documentation and design descriptions for complex projects to guide users and/or customers.
- Demonstrates good understanding of one's business unit and conducts research on industry trends and innovations in analog or mixed-signal integrated circuit design to ensure solutions and deliverables align with best practices.
- Contributes to conversations to generate new ideas for new initiatives; provides recommendations for new directions to explore.
Level of Responsibility:
- Working independently with little supervision.
- Providing some supervision/guidance to others.
- Making decisions that are moderate in impact; errors may have relatively minor financial impact or effect on projects, operations, or customer relationships; errors may require involvement beyond immediate work group to correct.
- Using verbal and written communication skills to convey information that may be somewhat complex to others who may have limited knowledge of the subject in question; may require basic negotiation and influence, cooperation, tact, and diplomacy, etc.
- Working within prescribed budget and resources.
- Having a moderate amount of influence over key organizational decisions (e.g., is consulted by senior leadership to provide input on key decisions).
- Completing tasks that do not have defined steps; simultaneous use of multiple mental abilities is generally required to determine the best approach; mistakes may result in significant rework.
- Exercising creativity to draft original documents, imagery, or work products within established guidelines.
- Using deductive and inductive problem solving; multiple approaches may be taken/necessary to solve the problem; often information is missing or incomplete; intermediate data analysis/interpretation skills may be required.
- May be solicited during strategic planning period.
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-accomodations@qualcomm.com or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found here. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities.
To all Staffing and Recruiting Agencies: Our Careers Site is only for individuals seeking a job at Qualcomm. Staffing and recruiting agencies and individuals being represented by an agency are not authorized to use this site or to submit profiles, applications or resumes, and any such submissions will be considered unsolicited. Qualcomm does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications from agencies. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Qualcomm employees or any other company location. Qualcomm is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes/applications.
EEO Employer: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification.
Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.
Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:
$142,400.00 - $213,600.00
The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer – and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.
If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.
Company:
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Job Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Analog Mixed Signal Design
General Summary:
Oversees definition, design, verification, and documentation for development of a variety of CMOS mixed analog/digital blocks such as: data converters, PLLs, analog/digital filters, low drop out linear voltage regulators, precision references, comparators, fingerprint sensor AFE, audio amplifiers and high speed SERDES. Determines architecture design and circuit specifications based on system level requirements. Is actively involved in all aspects of the design from system definition/simulation to circuit design and simulation. Heavy involvement in overseeing layout and silicon evaluation is also expected. Uses design tools such as Cadence ADE, MathWorks MATLAB and others. Provides technical expertise for new initiatives (e.g., 5G, analog design automation).
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering with 2+ years of experience with analog or mixed-signal integrated circuit design in nanometer planar CMOS or FinFET and 4+ years of ASIC design, verification, or related work experience.
OR
- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field and 4+ years of ASIC design, verification, or related work experience.
OR
- PhD in Electrical Engineering or related field and 2+ of years ASIC design, verification, or related work experience.
- 2+ years of experience using one or more design tools (e.g., CADENCE, SPICE, MATLAB, and/or Verilog/VHDL).
Preferred Qualifications:
- PhD in Electrical Engineering or related field.
- 4+ years of experience in analog/mixed-signal integrated CMOS circuit design for a specific area (e.g., VCO, PLL, and DLL design, Audio CODEC and Class D Audio amplifier design, Delta-Sigma, SAR ADCs, Current-Steering DACs, high speed DDR PHYs, high-speed SERDES).
- 1+ year of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership (e.g., Director and above).
- 1+ year of experience in a technical leadership role.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
- Uses advanced tools or databases to build and improve on architecture and circuit designs for multiple blocks; contributes to design reviews and provides feedback to others.
- Works with layout teams to oversee block-level layout of multiple blocks.
- Defines verification plan for portion of IP or chip and runs complex simulations and analyses (e.g., power, performance) on designs; documents and utilizes results to improve and verify designs and achieve power, performance, and functionality targets.
- Designs, programs, and runs complex tests and reviews tests of junior team members; ensures bugs and other issues are identified and appropriately analyzed.
- Consults with internal or external users and third-party vendors to guide implementation and ensure alignment with their needs and goals.
- Builds deep understanding of one's domain and understands several other domains to anticipate how all components will integrate in the broader framework.
- Writes clear and detailed technical documentation and design descriptions for complex projects to guide users and/or customers.
- Demonstrates good understanding of one's business unit and conducts research on industry trends and innovations in analog or mixed-signal integrated circuit design to ensure solutions and deliverables align with best practices.
- Contributes to conversations to generate new ideas for new initiatives; provides recommendations for new directions to explore.
Level of Responsibility:
- Working independently with little supervision.
- Providing some supervision/guidance to others.
- Making decisions that are moderate in impact; errors may have relatively minor financial impact or effect on projects, operations, or customer relationships; errors may require involvement beyond immediate work group to correct.
- Using verbal and written communication skills to convey information that may be somewhat complex to others who may have limited knowledge of the subject in question; may require basic negotiation and influence, cooperation, tact, and diplomacy, etc.
- Working within prescribed budget and resources.
- Having a moderate amount of influence over key organizational decisions (e.g., is consulted by senior leadership to provide input on key decisions).
- Completing tasks that do not have defined steps; simultaneous use of multiple mental abilities is generally required to determine the best approach; mistakes may result in significant rework.
- Exercising creativity to draft original documents, imagery, or work products within established guidelines.
- Using deductive and inductive problem solving; multiple approaches may be taken/necessary to solve the problem; often information is missing or incomplete; intermediate data analysis/interpretation skills may be required.
- May be solicited during strategic planning period.
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-accomodations@qualcomm.com or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found here. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities.
To all Staffing and Recruiting Agencies: Our Careers Site is only for individuals seeking a job at Qualcomm. Staffing and recruiting agencies and individuals being represented by an agency are not authorized to use this site or to submit profiles, applications or resumes, and any such submissions will be considered unsolicited. Qualcomm does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications from agencies. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Qualcomm employees or any other company location. Qualcomm is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes/applications.
EEO Employer: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification.
Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.
Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:
$142,400.00 - $213,600.00
The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer – and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.
If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as an Ic Design Engineer
Document your IC design specialization early
Gather transcripts, project portfolios, and any tapeout records that tie your degree directly to your IC design role. USCIS scrutinizes specialty occupation for engineering positions, so a clear degree-to-job match strengthens your petition from day one.
Use OFLC Wage Search before negotiating offers
Look up the prevailing wage for your SOC code and work location before you negotiate. Your employer's LCA must certify at least that wage level, so knowing it in advance prevents offers that can't clear DOL certification.
Target fabless semiconductor companies with E-Verify enrollment
STEM OPT employers must be enrolled in E-Verify, and many fabless chip companies already are. Filtering for E-Verify-enrolled employers early narrows your list to companies equipped to sponsor and extend your authorization through the H-1B transition.
Find H-1B sponsors using Migrate Mate's LCA data
Search IC design engineer roles on Migrate Mate, which surfaces employer H-1B Labor Condition Application filing history by occupation. You can see which semiconductor and EDA companies have sponsored this role before, skipping cold outreach to employers with no sponsorship track record.
Request premium processing if your OPT expires near October
Standard H-1B adjudication can stretch past the October 1 start date. If your OPT end date leaves little buffer, ask your employer to file with premium processing through USCIS so you receive a decision within 15 business days and avoid an unauthorized work gap.
Align your role description to O*NET job zone standards
IC design engineer maps to a high job zone in O*NET, requiring a directly related bachelor's degree or higher. Make sure your offer letter job duties match O*NET task descriptions so your employer's I-129 specialty occupation argument holds up under USCIS review.
H-1B Visa Ic Design Engineer: Frequently Asked Questions
Does IC design engineering qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes. IC design engineering requires at minimum a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a closely related field, which satisfies the specialty occupation definition USCIS applies. Roles covering RTL design, analog layout, or mixed-signal verification all carry a clear degree-to-duty relationship. If your job description includes tasks that generalists without that background could perform, your employer should tighten the duty language before filing.
Which types of employers most commonly sponsor H-1B visas for IC design engineers?
Fabless semiconductor companies, integrated device manufacturers, and EDA software firms are the most active H-1B sponsors for IC design roles. Defense contractors with chip design divisions and large hyperscalers with custom silicon teams also file regularly. Migrate Mate shows LCA filing history by employer and occupation, so you can identify which companies have sponsored IC design engineers specifically rather than relying on general engineering hiring patterns.
Can I switch IC design engineering employers after my H-1B is approved?
Yes, under H-1B portability rules established by AC21. If you've had your H-1B approved for at least 180 days and your new employer files an H-1B transfer petition before your current one expires, you can start the new role as soon as the transfer is received by USCIS. The new employer must file a fresh LCA certifying the prevailing wage for your new work location and role, which matters if you're moving between metro areas with different wage levels.
What happens to my H-1B if my IC design project ends and I'm placed on the bench?
Your employer must continue paying your LCA-certified wage during any nonproductive period caused by the employer's lack of work, not by your own choice. Benching without pay violates the H-1B wage obligation and can trigger a DOL investigation. If a layoff is coming, you have a 60-day grace period after your employment ends to find a new sponsor, change status, or depart the country.
Does a master's degree in electrical engineering improve my H-1B chances as an IC design engineer?
It directly improves your lottery odds. USCIS runs a separate advanced degree exemption drawing for applicants with a U.S. master's or higher before the general cap lottery, giving those candidates two chances at selection rather than one. For IC design roles, a master's in electrical engineering or computer engineering also strengthens the specialty occupation argument because the degree-to-role alignment is unambiguous to adjudicators reviewing mixed-signal or digital design petitions.