CPU Architect – Security and MMU Aspects - Hod HaSharon

Company: Qualcomm Israel Ltd.

Job Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Modem Technologies

General Summary: General Summary

A HW architect to define and develop CPU architecture and microarchitecture in the areas of security, MMU, memory protection, and virtualization. The role includes contributing to architecture definition, reviewing design tradeoffs, writing and reviewing specifications, and working with design, verification, firmware, and software teams to develop robust and secure CPU features.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the architecture and microarchitecture definition of CPU features related to security, MMU, address translation, TLBs, page-table walks, virtualization, and memory protection.
• Participate in the definition and review of security, isolation, and protection mechanisms in CPU and system-level interfaces.
• Work with design and verification teams to translate architectural intent into hardware definitions, technical specifications and RTL implementation.
• Collaborate with CPU design, verification, firmware/software, and system teams to develop and integrate new features while meeting functional, performance, power, and area goals.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• Experience with hardware design, microarchitecture, or architecture-related development flows.
• Experience with architecture documentation, technical reviews, and requirement definition.
• Familiarity with processor systems, memory subsystems, or bus/interconnect architectures.
• Experience with RTL implementation and closure toward performance, power, and area goals.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and teamwork skills.
• Experienced HW designers with relevant background are also encouraged to apply.

Preferred Background / Qualifications

• Experience with CPU, MMU, LSU, cache, interconnect, or related HW blocks architecture and microarchitecture.
• Familiarity with security-related architecture topics such as isolation, privilege/security mechanisms, secure execution, memory safety, or related protection features.
• Good understanding of one or more of the following: security-oriented memory protection, virtual memory/address translation, TLBs and page-table walks, virtualization and isolation, or CPU/SoC architecture.

Advantages

• Familiarity with broader security concepts such as confidential computing, trusted execution, threat modeling, security risk analysis, and platform security principles.
• Understanding of security/performance/PPA tradeoffs, and awareness of mitigation-oriented design topics such as control-flow and side-channel related protections.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.

OR

Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.

OR

PhD in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.

• References to a particular number of years experience are for indicative purposes only. Applications from candidates with equivalent experience will be considered, provided that the candidate can demonstrate an ability to fulfill the principal duties of the role and possesses the required competencies.

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