SoC STA/Timing Engineer (Senior Staff/Principal)

QUALCOMM, Inc.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm India Private Limited is seeking a seasoned Hardware Engineer to plan, design, verify, and optimize timing, power, and mixed-signal aspects for SoC and subsystem designs. You will collaborate with design, DFT, synthesis, technology, CAD and physical implementation teams to meet performance targets.

The role focuses on STA closure, flow automation, and Spice simulations using PrimeTime, Tempus, ICC2 and Innovus, with scripting in TCL/Perl/Python and mentoring of junior engineers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 6+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 5+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

Responsibilities

• 12 to 20 years of relavant experience is a must
• STA Setup & Signoff: Perform STA setup, convergence, reviews, and signoff for multi-mode, multi-voltage domain designs for SoC & SubSystem
• Timing Analysis & Debug: Validate and debug timing across multiple PVT conditions using tools like PrimeTime and Tempus.
• Flow Optimization: Run STA flows and correlate Spice to STA results.
• Methodology Development: Evaluate timing methodologies/tools across technology nodes and automate STA/PD flows using TCL/Perl/Python.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with design, DFT, synthesis, technology, CAD and physical implementation teams.
• Low-Power Techniques: Knowledge of clock gating, power gating, and multi-voltage designs.
• ECO Timing Flow: Handle timing ECOs (DMSA, tweaker, PrimeClosure) and logical equivalence checks (RTL to Netlist).

Skills

STA fundamentals

PrimeTime

Tempus

ASIC back-end flows

ICC2

Innovus

Scripting (TCL/Python/Perl)

Spice simulations

Mentoring

Signal integrity

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field

Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field

PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field

Tools

ICC2

Innovus

Hspice

Job description

Company:

Qualcomm India Private Limited

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 6+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

OR

Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 5+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

OR

PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

Job Description:

• 12 to 20 years of relavant experience is a must
• STA Setup & Signoff: Perform STA setup, convergence, reviews, and signoff for multi-mode, multi-voltage domain designs for SoC & SubSystem
• Timing Analysis & Debug: Validate and debug timing across multiple PVT conditions using tools like PrimeTime and Tempus.
• Flow Optimization: Run STA flows and correlate Spice to STA results.
• Methodology Development: Evaluate timing methodologies/tools across technology nodes and automate STA/PD flows using TCL/Perl/Python.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with design, DFT, synthesis, technology, CAD and physical implementation teams.
• Low-Power Techniques: Knowledge of clock gating, power gating, and multi-voltage designs.
• ECO Timing Flow: Handle timing ECOs (DMSA, tweaker, PrimeClosure) and logical equivalence checks (RTL to Netlist).

Required Skills

• Strong expertise in STA fundamentals, AOCV/POCV concepts, CTS, and timing constraints.
• Hands-on experience with STA tools: PrimeTime, Tempus.
• Familiarity with ASIC back-end flows: ICC2, Innovus.
• Knowledge of signal integrity, cross-talk noise, and parasitic extraction.
• Scripting proficiency: TCL, Perl, Python.
• Mentoring junior engineers in different areas of timing flows and methodologies
• Understanding of Spice simulations: Hspice, FineSim, Monte Carlo analysis.

Preferred Experience

• Driving timing convergence at chip-level and hard-macro level.
• Exposure to RTL-to-GDSII flows.
• Good technical writing and communication skills for cross-team collaboration

Applicants:

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