$164,000 - $246,000 USD yearly
Design embedded memory circuits and architectures for Qualcomm’s Snapdragon products.
Originally posted 2 July 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This position involves designing and implementing low-power, high performance, area-efficient embedded memory circuits and architectures.
What you'll do
- Develop custom digital circuits for high-speed and low-power SRAM designs.
- Perform schematic capture, simulation of major blocks, and margin verifications.
- Conduct layout planning and supervision.
- Interact with the CAD team for full verification and model generation.
- Interact with SoC teams (CPU, GPU, Modem, etc) to define memory PPA targets.
What you'll need
- 2 years of academic or professional experience designing embedded memories for SoC applications.
- Knowledge in CPU L1/L2 cache design, compiler SRAM/Register File architectures and advanced custom circuit implementations.
- Knowledge of high-performance and low-power design features & techniques.
- Knowledge of semiconductor device fundamentals.
- Familiarity with variation-aware design in nanometer CMOS & FinFet technology nodes.
- Experience with tight pitch-matched memory layout designs.
- Good understanding of physical implementation impact on circuit performance.
Skills: SRAM, schematic capture, memory PPA targets, CMOS & FinFet
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This role has been open 126 days — well above the 72-day median for Memory Design roles.
Memory Design · Memory Design
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Open roles in category
302
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Median days open
72 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$205k
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| Metric | Qualcomm | All employers we track in this specialty (302 roles · 29 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 18 | 302 |
| Median days open | 106 d | 72 d (+34 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $205k |
Skills observed across this category: SRAM, schematic capture, memory PPA targets, CMOS & FinFet
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 154 open roles · median 82 d
- Synopsys · 30 open roles · median 77 d
- Qualcomm (this employer) · 18 open roles · median 106 d
- Broadcom · 16 open roles · median 78 d
- SanDisk · 15 open roles · median 7 d
- NVIDIA · 8 open roles · median 59 d
How we counted: 302 open Memory Design (Memory Design) roles from 29 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 6 Nov 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.