Physical Design Engineer – Sr. Engineer / Staff (San Diego, CA)

Overview

Company:Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

Job Overview:

Qualcomm is a company of inventors that unlocked 5G ushering in an age of rapid acceleration in connectivity and new possibilities that will transform industries, create jobs, and enrich lives. But this is just the beginning. It takes inventive minds with diverse skills, backgrounds, and cultures to transform 5Gs potential into world-changing technologies and products. This is the Invention Age – and this is where you come in.

GENERAL SUMMARY

QCTs Digital ASIC Team is actively seeking candidates for several physical design engineering positions in our SOC and core design team. As a physical design engineer you will innovate, develop, and implement chips and cores using state-of-the-art tools and technologies.You will be part of a team responsible for the complete Physical Design Flow and deliveries of complex, high-speed, low power designs. Tasks also involve the development and enablement of low power implementation methods, customized P&R to achieve area reduction and performance goals. Additional responsibilities in this role involves good understanding of functional, test (DFT) mode constraints for place and route, floorplanning, power planning, IR drop analysis, placement, multi-mode & multi-corner (MMMC) clock tree synthesis, routing, timing optimization and closure, RC extraction, signal integrity, cross talk noise and delay analysis, debugging timing violations for multi-mode and multi-corner designs, implementing timing fixes, rolling in functional ECOs, debugging and fixing violations and formal verification.The individual also should have deep knowledge on scripting and software languages including PERL/TCL, Linux/Unix shell and C. This individual will design, verify and delivers complex Physical Design solutions from netlist and timing constraints to the final product.All Qualcomm employees are expected to actively support diversity on their teams, and in the Company.Minimum Qualifications• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Engineering, or related field.• 2+ years ASIC design, verification, or related work experience.Preferred Qualifications 3+ years industry experience/coursework in the following areas:· Physical Design· Place & Route tool experience on Cadence Innovus and/or Synopsys ICC2· Timing closure experience in Synopsys PTSI· Formal verification experience· Physical verification experience· Must have 3+ years ASIC design, Physical Design or related work experience.Education Requirements Required: Bachelor’s, Computer Engineering and/or Computer Science and/or Electrical EngineeringPreferred: Master’s, Computer Engineering and/or Computer Science and/or Electrical Engineering

QCTs Digital ASIC Team is actively seeking candidates for several physical design engineering positions in our SOC and core design team. As a physical design engineer you will innovate, develop, and implement chips and cores using state-of-the-art tools and technologies.

You will be part of a team responsible for the complete Physical Design Flow and deliveries of complex, high-speed, low power designs. Tasks also involve the development and enablement of low power implementation methods, customized P&R to achieve area reduction and performance goals. Additional responsibilities in this role involves good understanding of functional, test (DFT) mode constraints for place and route, floorplanning, power planning, IR drop analysis, placement, multi-mode & multi-corner (MMMC) clock tree synthesis, routing, timing optimization and closure, RC extraction, signal integrity, cross talk noise and delay analysis, debugging timing violations for multi-mode and multi-corner designs, implementing timing fixes, rolling in functional ECOs, debugging and fixing violations and formal verification.

The individual also should have deep knowledge on scripting and software languages including PERL/TCL, Linux/Unix shell and C. This individual will design, verify and delivers complex Physical Design solutions from netlist and timing constraints to the final product.

All Qualcomm employees are expected to actively support diversity on their teams, and in the Company.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Engineering, or related field.

• 2+ years ASIC design, verification, or related work experience.

Preferred Qualifications 3+ years industry experience/coursework in the following areas:

· Physical Design

· Place & Route tool experience on Cadence Innovus and/or Synopsys ICC2

· Timing closure experience in Synopsys PTSI

· Formal verification experience

· Physical verification experience

· Must have 3+ years ASIC design, Physical Design or related work experience.

Education Requirements

Required: Bachelor’s, Computer Engineering and/or Computer Science and/or Electrical Engineering

Preferred: Master’s, Computer Engineering and/or Computer Science and/or Electrical Engineering

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ASIC Verification, Matlab C, Multicore System-On-Chip (SoC), Perl Programming, Simulation Software

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