Physical Design Engineer, Staff

Construction, Engineering & Trades · Civil & Industrial Engineering · Electrical Engineering

In short

Qualcomm is looking for a Staff Physical Design Engineer in Austin, Texas, to lead the definition, design, verification, and implementation of high-performance, low-power IP blocks and SoCs. This role involves leveraging advanced ASIC knowledge and collaborating with cross-functional teams to meet system requirements and customer needs.

Responsibilities

Leverages advanced ASIC knowledge and experience to define, model, design (digital and/or analog), optimize, verify, validate, implement, and document IP (block/SoC) development for a variety of high performance, high quality, low power products.
Creates advanced architectures, circuit specifications, logic designs, and/or system simulations based on system-level requirements.
Collaborates across functional teams (e.g., software architecture, hardware architecture, product management, program management teams) to develop and execute an implementation strategy that meets system requirements and customer needs.
Evaluates all aspects of complex process flow from high-level design to synthesis, place and route, timing and power use, and verification or similarly for custom circuit design/layout flow.
Utilizes tools/applications (e.g., RTL to GDS Flow, Virtuoso) to execute and enable advanced architecture and design of multiple complex blocks/SoC or IC Packages.
Writes and reviews detailed technical documentation for complex EDA/IP/ASIC projects.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
Master's degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.
6+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
2+ years of experience with architecture and design tools.
2+ years of experience with scripting tools and programming languages.
2+ years of experience with design verification methods.
1+ year of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership (e.g., Director level and above).

Benefits

Competitive annual discretionary bonus program
Opportunity for annual RSU grants
Highly competitive benefits package designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play.