SoC STA/Timing Engineer, Staff

Qualcomm; Chennai District; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm India Private Limited is seeking a seasoned timing STA engineer to perform setup, convergence, reviews, and signoff for multi-mode, multi-voltage designs in SoC and SubSystem areas. You will validate timing across PVT with PrimeTime/Tempus and drive flow optimizations, methodologies, and automation.

Collaborating with design, DFT, synthesis, technology, CAD and physical implementation teams, you will apply clock gating, power gating and multi-voltage design knowledge to ensure robust,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• Strong STA fundamentals and timing constraints.
• Hands-on experience with STA tools: PrimeTime, Tempus.

Responsibilities

• STA setup & signoff for multi-mode, multi-voltage domain designs for SoC & SubSystem.
• Timing validation and debugging across multiple PVT conditions using PrimeTime and Tempus.
• Flow optimization by running STA flows and correlating Spice to STA results.
• Develop timing methodologies/tools and automate STA/PD flows using TCL/Perl/Python.
• Collaborate with design, DFT, synthesis, technology, CAD and physical implementation teams.
• Knowledge of clock gating, power gating, and multi-voltage designs.
• Handle timing ECOs (DMSA, tweaker, PrimeClosure) and RTL-to-Netlist checks.

Skills

STA fundamentals

PrimeTime

Tempus

ASIC back-end flows

ICC2

Innovus

Scripting (TCL/Perl/Python)

Mentoring

Spice simulations (Hspice/Monte Carlo)

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE/Engineering

Master's degree in CS/EE/Engineering

PhD in CS/EE/Engineering

Tools

PrimeTime

Tempus

ICC2

Innovus

Job description

Job Area

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Engineering

Company

Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Engineering

General Summary

Job Description

• 7 to 10 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

Minimum Qualifications

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

OR

Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

OR

PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

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