CPU Physical Design Engineer

About the Role

As a Qualcomm Hardware Engineer, you will plan, design, optimize, verify, and test electronic systems, circuits, and related components that launch cutting-edge, world-class products. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop solutions and meet performance requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead block level or chip level Physical Design, STA, and PDN activities.
• Work independently in the areas of RTL to GDSII implementation.
• Collaborate and resolve issues related to constraints validation, verification, STA, Physical Design, etc.
• Handle technical deliveries with a small team of engineers.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• 7-14 years of experience in Physical Design and timing signoff for high-speed cores.
• Good exposure to high-frequency design convergence for physical design with PPA targets and PDN methodology.
• Experience in IC design.
• Knowledge of low power flow (power gating, multi-Vt flow, power supply management, etc.).
• Circuit level comprehension of time critical paths in the design.
• Understanding of deep sub-micron design problems and solutions (leakage power, signal integrity, DFM, etc.).
• Tcl/Perl scripting.
• Strong problem-solving skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• OR Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• OR PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• OR Masters/Bachelors Degree in Electrical/Electronics science engineering with at least 7+ years of experience in IC design.