Staff CPU/NPU Architecture RTL Design Engineer
Markham, CanadaPosted Jul 7, 2026
Skip to main contentOur CompanyOur BusinessSearch for JobsJoin Talent NetworkFAQsProfileEnglishSign InSingle PositionView All JobsStaff CPU/NPU Architecture RTL Design EngineerMarkham, Ontario, Canada No longer accepting applications.Job ID3093638Join us to build IP blocks that power Snapdragon processors and AI inference engines.Qualcomm's Hexagon NPU Team is hiring for the various positions in Markham, Canada for the development of high-performance, energy-efficient CPU and AI processors.Hexagon NPU is an in-house built Qualcomm proprietary processor which is the center of Qualcomm's hybrid AI computing capability targeted for a broad spectrum of AI use cases across market segments.Replacement PositionWe are seeking highly skilled engineers with:ideally 2+ years of experiencestrong knowledge in CPU/AI processor micro-architecture, architectureRTL designdebug architecturepower-management and circuit design. Other areas of expertise should span:RTL Design of high-performance CPU/AI processorsRTL coding, micro-architecture and architecture Computer ArithmeticInstruction fetch, scheduling and register renamingFixed-Point, Floating-Point designMatrix Multiply enginesVector ExtensionsMemory sub-systems, Load/store, caches, atomics, coherence and consistencyBranch prediction, out-of-order, dispatch, schedulersMulti-processor and multi-threaded systemsRISC-V Power, performance and Area (PPA) optimizationsCPU sub-system Logic Design