Senior Lead Physical Design Engineer
Qualcomm
This job at a glance
- Who can apply
- 1 year+ of experience · Bachelor's degree or Master's degree
- Must know
- Circuit design
- Work
- On-site in Noida
- Pay
- Not stated by the employer.
- Skill demand
- Circuit design26%of 100 similar fresher jobs posted in India this week
- Listed
- 11 Nov 2026 · still open
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About the Role
Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm Hardware Engineer, you will plan, design, 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 that launch cutting-edge, world-class products. Qualcomm Hardware Engineers collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop solutions and meet performance requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Physical design
- STA in CPU Domain
- Floorplan to PRO and timing signoff
- Understanding of IR drop and physical verification aspects
- Preparing complex ECOs for timing convergence across a huge set of corners through Tweaker / Tempus / Physical PT ECOs
- Minimizing power
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Solid understanding of industry-standard tools for physical implementation: Genus, Innovus, FC, PT, Tempus, Voltas, and Redhawk.
- Experience in deep submicron process technology nodes is strongly preferred.
- Knowledge of high-performance and low-power implementation methods is preferred.
- Willingness to push PPA to the best possible extent.
- Strong fundamentals.
- Expertise in Perl, TCL language.
Qualifications
- 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.
- 5+ years of experience in Physical design, STA in CPU Domain.