EDA/CAD Software Engineer, Staff

Company

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

General Summary

Qualcomm Technologies Inc's Global CAD team develops tools, flows, and methodologies for different aspects of VLSI design. This position is about developing critical CAD tools used in emulation and includes the following activities:

• Work with industry-standard tools and technologies to develop solutions to a variety of infrastructure needs.
• Develop critical emulation CAD algorithms that address unique Qualcomm SoC needs (synthesis, partitioning, place and route, clock optimization).
• Drive compute and storage optimization.
• Mentor and lead other members of the team

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 7+ years of related work experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's or PhD. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering
• 2+ years ASIC design, FPGA design, verification, or related work experience.
• 2+ years C++ SW development, CAD tool development, or related work experience.
• 2+ years of hands‑on experience with Linux
• 2+ years of direct hands‑on experience with CAD SW development, Proven ability of software design principles, practices, and patterns
• Demonstratable knowledge of data structures, algorithms and design patterns
• Experience in the areas of RTL Synthesis (System Verilog -> Netlist), Clock Tree Optimization, Exposure to VLSI design concepts, logic design
• Excellent interpersonal and analytical skills with the ability to work independently, and create customer‑facing applications
• Experience with the following: Git, LSF, JIRA, GCC and other related technologies

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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EEO Employer

Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification.

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Pay Range And Other Compensation & Benefits

$145,600.00 - $218,400.00

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.