NPU Physical Design Engineer
Qualcomm · Bengaluru · onsite · Posted 7d ago
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About this role
Company: Qualcomm India Private Limited
Job Area: Engineering Group, Hardware Engineering
Job Summary
As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm Hardware Engineer, you will plan, design, optimize, verify, and test electronic systems, bring-up yield, circuits, mechanical systems, Digital/Analog/RF/optical systems, equipment and packaging, test systems, FPGA, and/or DSP systems that launch cutting-edge, world class products. Qualcomm Hardware Engineers collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop solutions and meet performance requirements.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
- PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
General Summary
- PNR implementation for Qualcomm Hexagon NPU
- Good hands-on experience on Floorplanning, PNR and STA flows
- Good knowledge on Placement/Clock Tree Synthesis (CTS), optimization, etc
- Good understanding on signoff domains LEC/CLP/PDN knowledge, etc
- Good knowledge on Unix/Linux Perl/TCL fundamentals/scripting
Principal Duties and responsibilities
- Complete ownership on PNR implementation (Floorplanning, Placement, CTS, post_route,etc) on latest nodes.
- Signoff knowledge is mandatory (STA,Power analysis,FV, low power verification, PV,etc)
- Quick learner with good analytical and problem solving skills
Qualifications
- 2+ years experience with PNR flow in latest tech nodes (e.g., 4nm/5nm/7nm/10nm)
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Skills
ScriptingHardware Engineeringphysical designmechanical systemssynthesisAnalogPVPerlElectronics EngineeringUnixClock Tree SynthesisOn UnixDigital TransformationRest AssuredLinux
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