PD CAD Engineer, Senior

Qualcomm; Dadri; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm India Private Limited is seeking a skilled Hardware Design engineer to lead physical design life cycle activities, focusing on floorplanning and place-and-route. You will work closely with PD teams to improve PPA, optimize area and power, and ensure robust flow methodologies across multiple sites.

The role demands hands-on PD execution at block/SoC level, strong scripting in Python/Tcl/C++, and familiarity with Innovus/Encounter or FC tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Python

C++

Tcl

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE or related

Master's degree in CS/EE or related

PhD in CS/EE or related

Tools

Innovus

Encounter

fc/icc2

Job description

Company:

Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Engineering

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.
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• 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 advanced 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 is 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.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement:

Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer.

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