Physical Design Engineer - Multiple Levels

Qualcomm

San Diego (CA)

On-site

USD 140,000 - 229,800

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive annual discretionary bonus program

Annual RSU grants

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

A leading technology firm is seeking a Physical Design Engineer in San Diego, CA. The role involves innovating and developing chips, owning the Physical Design Flow for high-speed designs, and debugging violations. Preferred qualifications include 2+ years of experience in Physical Design and knowledge of key tools. The position offers a salary range between $140,000 and $229,800 annually, plus competitive benefits.

Qualifications

2 - 10+ years industry experience in Physical Design.
Experience with Place & Route tools.
Deep knowledge of scripting and software languages.

Responsibilities

Innovate and develop chips using state-of-the-art tools.
Own complete Physical Design Flow for high-speed, low power designs.
Debugging and fixing physical violations and implementing timing fixes.

Skills

Physical Design

Timing closure experience

Scripting languages (Python, PERL/TCL)

Formal verification

Education

Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field

Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field

PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Cadence Innovus

Synopsys Fusion Compiler

Synopsys PTSI

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Company

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

General Summary

As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives communication and data processing transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all.

QCTs Digital ASIC Team is actively seeking candidates for several physical design engineering positions in our SOC and core design team. As a physical design engineer you will innovate, develop, and implement chips and cores using state-of-the-art tools and technologies.

You will be part of a team responsible for the complete Physical Design Flow and deliveries of complex, high-speed, low power designs such as GPU, Camera and other MM, DDR, Modem, Audio . Tasks also involve the development and enablement of low power implementation methods, customized P&R to achieve area reduction, performance, and power goals. Additional responsibilities in this role involves good understanding of functional and test (DFT) mode constraints for place and route, floorplanning, power planning, IR drop analysis, cell placement, multi-mode & multi-corner (MMMC) clock tree synthesis, routing, timing optimization and closure, RC extraction, signal integrity, cross talk noise and delay analysis, debugging timing violations for MMMC designs, implementing timing fixes and functional ECOs, debugging and fixing physical violations, and formal verification. The individual also should have deep knowledge on scripting and software languages including Python, PERL/TCL, Linux/Unix shell and C. This individual will design, verify, and deliver complex Physical Design solutions from netlist and timing constraints to the final product.

Preferred Qualifications

2 -10+ years industry experience in the following areas:

Physical Design
Place & Route tool experience on Cadence Innovus and/or Synopsys Fusion Compiler
Timing closure experience in Synopsys PTSI
Formal verification experience
Power domain analysis experience
Physical verification experience

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.

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Pay Range And Other Compensation & Benefits

$140,000.00 - $229,800.00

The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer – and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.

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