NPU AI Processor Synthesis Engineer- Sr Lead - Bangalore, India
Originally posted 10 September 2026 by the employer — open 7 days.
About the role
This role involves the planning, design, optimization, verification, and testing of electronic systems for NPU AI Processors.
What you'll do
- Plan, optimize, verify, and test electronic systems, bring-up yield, circuits, mechanical systems, Digital/Analog/RF/optical systems, equipment and packaging, test systems, FPGA, and/or DSP systems.
- Integrate features and functionality into hardware designs.
- Conduct complex simulations and analyses of designs and implement designs with the best power, performance, and area.
- Collaborate with teams (e.g., design, verification, validation, software and systems engineering, architecture development teams) to implement new requirements.
- Evaluate complex design features to identify potential flaws, compatibility issues, and/or compliance issues.
- Write detailed technical documentation for Hardware projects.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience; OR Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience; OR PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
Nice to have
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field.
- 5 years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
- 2 years of experience with circuit design (e.g., digital, analog, RF).
- 2 years of experience utilizing schematic capture and circuit simulation software.
- 2 years of experience with hardware design and measurement instruments such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, RF tools.
- 1 year in a technical leadership role.
Skills: NPU AI Processor, synthesis, hardware design, power, performance, area, simulations and analyses, design, verification, validation
This role has been open 7 days — well below the 65-day median for AI/ML Hardware Engineering roles.
AI/ML Hardware Engineering · AI ML Hardware
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Open roles in category
518
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Median days open
65 d
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Median salary
$226k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Qualcomm | All employers we track in this specialty (518 roles · 78 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 104 | 518 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 724 | 5791 · 144 employers |
| Median days open | 96 d | 65 d (+31 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $226k |
Skills observed across this category: NPU AI Processor, synthesis, hardware design, power, performance, area, simulations and analyses, design, verification, validation
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm (this employer) · 107 open roles · median 98 d
- NVIDIA · 87 open roles · median 64 d
- AMD · 43 open roles · median 69 d
- Micron Technology · 29 open roles · median 41 d
- Mobileye · 25 open roles · median 51 d
- Analog Devices · 14 open roles · median 20 d
How we counted: 518 open AI/ML Hardware Engineering (AI ML Hardware) roles from 78 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 17 Sept 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 Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.