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Synthesis-DFT Stitch CAD Engineer

san diego, CA

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About this opportunity

Qualcomm lists this Synthesis-DFT Stitch CAD Engineer opportunity in san diego, California. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.

Job description

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

General Summary:

Join QCOM Technologies Inc vibrant Global CAD team pushing the limits of

gate-level s

ynthesis

and DFT

s

titch

solutions for the Snapdragon chips powering billions of mobile devices. The position requires Synthesis

DFT

Place and Route

exposure

and

CAD development skills to define and develop implementation tools and methodologies for PPA, shortening design cycle time, in close collaboration with Snapdragon

Design and

Implementation teams. Qualcomm is using leading edge internal and EDA technologies in the Implementation domain, including pioneering in

genAI

/ML, and developing good-by-construction automation and PPA recipes for the most complex designs of the industry in terms of multi-voltage and Fmax-area-power goals.

This role's responsibilities will include:

Participat

ing

in

the development of Qualcomm

DFT stitch

flow

and methods,

leveraging

both

Synopsys and Cadence solutions and tools.

Improving the SoC Synthesis

and DFT Stitch

methodologies for diverse Mobile, Compute, AI, IoT Snapdragon chips.

Enabling new features from EDA tools or/and internal tools fo

r

Synthesis

DFT Stitch

checks

D

eve

lop

ment

and su

pport

of

metho

dolog

y

to handle

com

plex

mu

lti

-voltage

crossi

ng

s

on

DFT path

s

Support Snapdragon design teams on CAD solutions, analyze their requests, and address their requests through ticket queues.

Interfacing with EDA vendors to enable production-ready tool sets that satisfy

project's

requirement

Setting up, augmenting, and

maintaining

a regression of complex

DFT Stitch

and 

Synthesis

testcases.

Innovating

with

design/

tool/flow techniques for area reduction, dynamic power

reduction

and turn-around time, leading to participation

to

patents.

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelor of

Masters

degree or PhD in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.

5-10

years of experience in VLSI CAD, preferably Synthesis,

DFT

and P&R

5-10

years of experience with scripting tools and programming languages: Python and TCL preferred.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Participate

in

Synthesis

and DFT Stitch

flows enablement

for foundry

advanced process nodes.

Lead the

EDA Vendors' roadmap on DFT stitch techniques, in collaboration with Snapdragon DFT and Implementation teams and

DFT

CAD team

Participate

along with Qualcomm talented AI team to R&D initiatives driving differentiation in terms of die area reduction

, dynamic power,

performance

and

turn-around time. 

• Deep dive on Implementation issues, such as cell legalization issues, congestion hotspots,

DFT stitch failures

etc.

Interface and drive EDA vendor Application Engineers on the resolution of block convergence problems faced by the Snapdragon design teams

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 6+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

OR

Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 5+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

OR

PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

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 

 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).

To all Staffing and Recruiting Agencies Our Careers Site is only for individuals seeking a job at Qualcomm. Staffing and recruiting agencies and individuals being represented by an agency are not authorized to use this site or to submit profiles, applications or resumes, and any such submissions will be considered unsolicited. Qualcomm does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications from agencies. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Qualcomm employees or any other company location. Qualcomm is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes/applications.

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.

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

$174,400.00 - $261,600.00

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 – and you can review more details about our US benefits at this 

link

If you would like more information about this role, please contact

Qualcomm Careers

Worksite address

san diego, CA, 92101, US

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