Principal Engineer, Physical Design

You will be working as a Qualcomm Hardware Engineer, where you will be involved in planning, designing, optimizing, verifying, and testing electronic systems to launch cutting-edge, world-class products. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop solutions and meet performance requirements. **Responsibilities:** - STA setup, convergence, reviews, and signoff for multi-mode, multi-voltage domain designs. - Timing analysis, validation, and debug across multiple PVT conditions using PT/Tempus. - Run Primetime and/or Tempus for STA flow optimization and Spice to STA correlation. - Evaluate multiple timing methodologies/tools on different designs and technology nodes. - Work on automation scripts within STA/PD tools for methodology development. - Good technical writing and communication skills, willing to work in a cross-collaborative environment. - Experience in design automation using TCL/Perl/Python. - Familiar with digital flow design implementation RTL to GDS: ICC, Innovous, PT/Tempus. - Familiar with process technology enablement: Circuit simulations using Hspice/FineSim, Monte Carlo. **Education:** B.Tech or MTech/MS in Electrical/Electronics/Microelectronics/VLSI. **Preferred Qualifications/Skills:** - 16+ years of experience. - Strong expertise in STA timing analysis basics, AOCV/POCV concepts, CTS, defining and managing timing constraints, Latch transparency handling, 0-cycle, multi-cycle path handling. - Hands-on experience with STA tools - Prime-time, Tempus. - Experience in driving timing convergence at Chip-level and Hard-Macro level. - In-depth knowledge of cross-talk noise, Signal Integrity, Layout Parasitic Extraction, feed-through handling. - Knowledge of ASIC back-end design flows and methods and tools (ICC2, Innovus). - Knowledge of Spice simulation Hspice/FineSim, Monte Carlo. Silicon to spice model correlation. - Proficient in scripting languages TCL, Perl, Awk. - Basic knowledge of device physics. Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing accessible processes for individuals with disabilities. If you need accommodation during the application/hiring process, you can email disability-accommodations@qualcomm.com or call Qualcomm's toll-free number for support. Please note that Qualcomm expects its employees to adhere to all applicable policies and procedures, including security and confidentiality requirements regarding Company confidential information and other proprietary information. If you are an individual seeking a job at Qualcomm, please use the Careers Site for applications. Staffing and recruiting agencies are not authorized to submit profiles, applications, or resumes on behalf of individuals. Unsolicited submissions from agencies will not be accepted. For more information about this role, you can contact Qualcomm Careers.,