Physical Design Engineer

Qualcomm

Actively hiring Posted this week
San Diego, CA Posted 4 days ago $98,500–$147,700 / year
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TL;DR

Join Qualcomm Technologies as an entry-level engineer supporting the design and development of high-performance, low-power semiconductor products. You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to assist in defining, modeling, designing, optimizing, verifying, validating, implementing, and documenting IP (block/SoC) development using tools like RTL to GDS Flow and Virtuoso. Your daily tasks include scripting, design verification, and creating technical documentation for EDA/IP/ASIC projects. Ideal candidates have a Master’s degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science, along with 6+ months of experience in architecture and design tools, scripting languages, and design verification methods. This role involves working on complex systems that require a deep understanding of both digital and analog circuitry to meet stringent performance and power requirements.

Skills

Virtuoso RTL to GDS Flow SystemVerilog Python Perl C++ Tcl Unix/Linux Cadence Synopsys ModelSim Xilinx Vivado Git JIRA Confluence CI/CD

What you'll do

  • Applies ASIC knowledge to assist in defining and designing IP blocks.
  • Assists in creating architectures and circuit specifications based on system requirements.
  • Supports evaluation of process flow from high-level design through verification.
  • Utilizes tools like RTL to GDS Flow for architecture and design execution.
  • Writes technical documentation for EDA/IP/ASIC projects.

What we're looking for

  • Master's degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.
  • 6+ months experience with architecture and design tools, scripting languages, and programming.
  • Experience in ASIC knowledge for IP development, including defining, modeling, designing, optimizing, verifying, validating, implementing, and documenting.
  • Assists in creating architectures, circuit specifications, logic designs, and system simulations based on requirements.
  • Collaborates to develop implementation strategies that meet system requirements and customer needs.
  • Supports evaluation of process flow from high-level design to synthesis, place and route, timing and power use verification.

Employer

About Qualcomm

Qualcomm is a leading American semiconductor and telecommunications company based in San Diego, CA.

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