Next-Gen, High-Speed HBM, LPDDR Memory Controller ASIC Digital Design Engineer
Digital Design & SoC Architecture
Originally posted 1 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves developing high-speed memory controller designs for Qualcomm products.
What you'll do
- Develop architecture and design specifications for logic designs.
- Implement and deliver RTL for memory systems.
- Collaborate with verification engineers to ensure high quality designs.
- Debug designs and provide debug support during chip integration.
- Perform Synthesis, Timing Closure, Physical Design Support, Gate Level Simulations, and Power Analysis.
- Contribute to the improvement of design methodology.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of ASIC design experience OR Master's degree and 3+ years of experience OR PhD and 2+ years of experience.
- 5 years ASIC design, RTL coding, and front-end digital design experience.
- 3 years Hardware Architecture experience.
- Experience with LPDDR memory and cache controllers, NoC based architectures interfacing to CPU, DSP, and multimedia processors.
- Experience with x86 or ARM CPU/bus architectures.
- Experience with ordering of memory transactions and enforcing proper ordering to conform to ISA architecture specification.
Nice to have
- 3-10 years of ASIC design (RTL coding).
- Exposure to RTL Design Verification flows.
- Exposure to HBM memory type designs.
- Experience with on-chip tightly coupled SRAM & L3 cache controller architecture/design.
Market context
This role has been open 33 days — well below the 62-day median for Digital/RTL Design roles.
Digital/RTL Design · RTL Design
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Open roles in category
968
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Median days open
62 d
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Median salary
$185k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Qualcomm | All employers we track in this specialty (968 roles · 101 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 139 | 968 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 374 | 3109 · 114 employers |
| Median days open | 59 d | 62 d (−3 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $185k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm (this employer) · 139 open roles · median 59 d
- Synopsys · 68 open roles · median 25 d
- AMD · 64 open roles · median 45 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 47 open roles · median 81 d
- Analog Devices · 45 open roles · median 40 d
- NVIDIA · 45 open roles · median 59 d
How we counted: 968 open Digital/RTL Design (RTL Design) roles from 101 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 5 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Digital Design & Verification family row. Figures refresh nightly.