Front-End Implementation Engineer (Staff) - Cork, Ireland

Qualcomm; Ireland; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation and immigration support

Education Assistance

Life, Medical, Income and Travel保险

Job summary

QT Technologies Ireland Limited in Cork, Ireland, is seeking a Front-End Implementation Engineer to join the Digital ASIC Team. You will help create top-level timing constraints, perform physical synthesis, formal verification, and ECOs to bridge RTL and physical design for Snapdragon SoCs at 4nm and below.

The role requires 5–10 years of experience in ASIC design/verification, with strong TCL/Perl/Python scripting, Verilog RTL, and low-power/DFT knowledge.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in Electronics or Computer Engineering with relevant ASIC experience.
• Proven experience in timing closure, TCL scripting, and RTL design.
• Knowledge of UPF, low-power checks and formal verification.

Skills

Logical/Physical synthesis

DFT implementation

Timing closure in STA

TCL scripting

Verilog RTL design

UPF and low power checks

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electronics or Computer Engineering

Master's degree in Electronics or Computer Engineering

PhD in Electronics or Computer Engineering

Tools

Synopsys tools

PERL scripting

Python scripting

Formal verification tools

Physical synthesis tools

Job description

Company

QT Technologies Ireland Limited

Job Area

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

About the Role

QCTs Digital ASIC Team is actively seeking Front-End Implementation Engineer to work on the creation of top-level timing constraints, physical synthesis, formal verification and functional ECOs to bridge the RTL and physical design worlds at our Cork, Ireland location. You will be part of an established Implementation team that will drive and execute on all phases of the design flow for Snapdragon SoCs at the core and chip-level in 4nm and below technology.

What are we looking for?

• Bachelors/Masters in Electronics or Computer Engineering and 5 to 10 years’ experience across the following areas:
• Logical/Physical synthesis, DFT implementation, timing closure in STA
• Timing constraint capture in TCL for Synopsys tools
• Formal verification, Functional/Timing ECO Implementation
• Verilog RTL design
• UPF, Low power checks

This Position Requires Detailed Knowledge Of

• Masters in Electronics or Computer Engineering plus a minimum 5 years of experience
• Timing constraint development for large complex SoC devices
• TCL script development
• TCL/PERL/Python script development for CAD design flows
• Physical synthesis
• Formal verification, UPF, Low power checks, Static Timing Analysis
• Good understanding of Design for test concepts

Where you will be working

Cork has a proud reputation as Ireland's second largest economic engine and is now one of the Top 20 location choices in Europe with 39,000 people being employed by over 170 overseas companies. There's a growing diversity in the region with people from many nationalities relocating to Cork, relishing the opportunity to work and live in a location that offers an excellent quality of life. A gateway to Europe, Cork airport provides access to almost 50 international destinations including transatlantic air routes.

Equal Opportunities

We are an Equal Opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any protected classification.

What's On Offer

Apart from working in an open, relaxed and collaborative space, you will enjoy:

• Salary, stock and performance related bonus
• Maternity/Paternity Leave
• Employee stock purchase scheme
• Matching pension scheme
• Education Assistance
• Relocation and immigration support (if needed)
• Life, Medical, Income and Travel Insurance
• Subsidised memberships for physical and mental well-being
• Bicycle purchase scheme
• Employee run clubs, including, running, football, chess, badminton + many more

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

OR

Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

OR

PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

• References to a particular number of years experience are for indicative purposes only. Applications from candidates with equivalent experience will be considered, provided that the candidate can demonstrate an ability to fulfill the principal duties of the role and possesses the required competencies.
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