CPU Server Hardware Engineer — Timing & STA Expert

Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 148,000 - 222,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus program

RSU grants

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. seeks a Hardware Engineer to plan, design, verify and test electronic systems across Digital/Analog/RF/optical domains, including FPGA and DSP work. You’ll collaborate with cross‑functional teams to meet performance goals and drive next‑gen product readiness.

You will engage in complex data path synthesis, multi‑clock timing, power domain checks, and TCL scripting, delivering robust, scalable solutions for Qualcomm's hardware platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 2+ years in related field.
• Master's degree with 1+ year experience in related area.
• PhD in ECE/CS related field as applicable.

Responsibilities

• Handle data path oriented multi-million gate synthesis.
• Develop constraints for multi-clock domains timing analysis.
• Perform power domain synthesis and CLP checks.
• Do formal verification and debugging of issues.
• Pre-layout STA analysis and timing ECOs generation.
• Analyze trade-offs in timing/area/power/congestion.

Skills

Hardware design

Formal verification

Timing analysis

Debugging

Scripting (TCL)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering / related

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering / related

PhD in Electrical Engineering / related

Tools

DC

Genus

Fusion Compiler

CLP

Hyperscale/Hierarchical STA

Job description

Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. seeks a Hardware Engineer to plan, design, verify and test electronic systems across Digital/Analog/RF/optical domains, including FPGA and DSP work. You’ll collaborate with cross‑functional teams to meet performance goals and drive next‑gen product readiness.

You will engage in complex data path synthesis, multi‑clock timing, power domain checks, and TCL scripting, delivering robust, scalable solutions for Qualcomm's hardware platforms.