SoC Physical Design Engineer (Senior/Lead)
Qualcomm · Bengaluru · onsite · Posted 29d 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 6+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 5+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
- PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
- Experience: 3-6 Years
- Location: Bangalore
- Own end-to-end physical design implementation from Netlist to GDSII for complex SoC/IP blocks.
- Drive Floorplanning, Power Planning (PDN), Placement, CTS, Routing, STA, and Timing Closure.
- Perform physical verification including DRC, LVS, and signoff checks.
- Collaborate with RTL, STA, DFT, Verification, and CAD teams to achieve design and tapeout goals.
- Debug and resolve timing, congestion, IR drop, and physical design challenges.
- Support successful chip tapeouts on advanced technology nodes.
- 3-6 years of hands-on experience in SoC/ASIC Physical Design.
- Strong expertise in Floorplanning, PDN, Placement, CTS, Routing, and Timing Closure.
- Experience with industry-standard EDA tools such as Innovus, ICC2/Fusion Compiler, PrimeTime, and Calibre.
- Good understanding of physical verification, power integrity, and signoff methodologies.
- Experience working on advanced nodes (16nm and below preferred).
- Strong debugging, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Experience in high-performance CPU, GPU, AI, Mobile, Networking, or Multimedia SoCs.
- Candidates from leading semiconductor product companies are strongly preferred.
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