Physical Design Engineer, Staff

Company

Qualcomm Canada ULC

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. As a Qualcomm ASIC Engineer, you will define, model, design (digital and/or analog), optimize, verify, validate, implement, and document IP (block/SoC) development for a variety of high performance, high quality, low power world class products. Qualcomm Engineers collaborate with cross-functional groups to determine product execution path.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
• Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
• PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field.

What You’ll Do

• Drive the backend process through the entire implementation flow
• Floor-planning/ Block Partitioning /Power Planning
• Support Front-End team in performing PPA optimization trials
• Leverage LLM and EDA tools to drive PPA optimization
• Place & Route with special focus on power and area optimization
• Clock Tree Synthesis/Inspection/Optimization
• Static timing verification and timing closure experience
• Perform physical verification and fixing (DRC, ANT, DFM, LVS, ERC,…)
• Perform EM/IR signoff and address power integrity issues.

What You’ll Need

• 7+ years of Physical Design experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or equivalent
• Low-Power Designs experience desired
• SOC design experience is desired
• Advanced technology node experience desired

About You

• Extremely detail oriented
• Great collaboration and communication skills
• Superb analytical and problem-solving skills
• Good scripting skills
• Drives for consistency
• Takes personal pride in high standard of outputs
• Self-motivated and self-managing

Applicants

Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e-mail View email address on publisher.sourcingsquare.com or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found here. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities. (Keep in mind that this email address is used to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. We will not respond here to requests for updates on applications or resume inquiries).

Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.

Pay Range And Other Compensation & Benefits

$129,600.00 - $179,600.00

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.