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About Qualcomm
Qualcomm is a leading American semiconductor and telecommunications company based in San Diego, CA.
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As a DTCO and Timing Engineer at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., you will join the cutting-edge Design Technology Co-Optimization (DTCO) team to drive advanced process technology entitlement for SOC products in mobile, compute, automotive, and IoT markets. Your daily responsibilities include conducting Spice simulations using Hspice/Finesim/PrimeSim/AFS/Spectre for power and performance validation, performing static timing analysis with PT/PT-SI and Tempus, and executing block-level PPA analysis from RTL to GDS flow using tools like FC Synthesis, Innovus, and Genus. You will collaborate closely with foundry DTCO teams, EDA companies, CAD engineers, and IP developers to optimize Fmax, enhance PPAY, and reduce costs for multiple blocks in advanced process nodes such as 5nm, 4nm, and beyond. Strong programming skills in Python, Perl, TCL, Unix shell, and C/C++ are essential, with additional value placed on machine learning modeling experience.