Physical Design Engineer, Senior

Job Description

Job Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Engineering General Summary: As a leading technology innovator, 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. Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience. OR Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of Hardware Engineering or related work experience. OR PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field. Job Role * Physical Design Life cycle of chip development, especially Floorplanning and PnR * Hands on PD execution at block/SoC level along with PPA improvements * Strong understanding of the technology and PD Flow Methodology enablement. * Work with Physical design engineers to rollout robust, identify areas for flow improvement methodologies. (area/power/performance/convergence), develop plans and deploy/support them * Provide tool support and issue debugging services to physical design team engineers across various sites * Develop and maintain 3rd party tool integration and productivity enhancement routines * Understand advance tech PNR and STA concepts and methodologies and work closely with EDA vendors to deploy solutions. Skill Set * Strong programming experience & Proficiency in Python/Tcl/C++ * Understand physical design flows using Innovus/fc/icc2 tools * Knowledge of one of Encounter/Innovus or FC (or other equivalent PNR tool) is mandatory * Basic understanding of Timing/Formal verification/Physical verification/extraction are desired * Ability to ramp-up in new areas, be a good team player and excellent communication skills desired Experience 3-5 years of experience with the Place-and-route and timing closer and power analysis environment is required Niche Skills Handling support tools like Encounter/Innovus/edi/fc/Icc2 (or other equivalent PNR tool). One or more of the above is mandatory*