Custom Design Engineer
Qualcomm
Company:
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Job Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS EngineeringGeneral Summary:
We are seeking a highly motivated Custom Design Engineer to join our Custom Solutions Team (CST). This role is focused on researching, architecting, and productizing end-to-end custom silicon solutions for SOC design, spanning from RTL design through physical implementation to GDSII tapeout. These solutions are targeted for advanced AI and high-performance computing chips. The ideal candidate will have a passion for innovation and efficiency in advanced semiconductor technologies and open-minded and adapt to tasks that span digital design, physical design, transistor level optimization and automation.
Key Responsibilities:
- Architect and implement custom silicon solutions from RTL to GDS, optimizing for performance, power, and area (PPA).
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including various processor core teams, physical design teams and verification teams to deliver high-quality solutions and IPs.
- RTL design and IP development, to ensure alignment with system requirements and design specifications.
- Physical design activities including synthesis, floorplanning, placement, routing, timing closure, and DRC/LVS verification.
- Evaluate and integrate EDA tools and flows to improve design productivity and quality.
- Research and prototype novel design methodologies to enable scalable and efficient custom silicon development.
- Support design bring-up and validation, working closely with post-silicon and test teams.
- Contribute to technical documentation, design reviews, and continuous improvement of design processes.
Required for the Role:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
- 1-5 years of experience in ASIC/SoC design, with hands-on expertise in some of these areas: RTL, Synthesis, Place & Route, Timing closure, DFT, circuit design, Design Verification, Automation.
- Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills. Open to learning new skills under guidance. Understanding on performance and power optimization.
- Exposure to industry standard CAD tools and design flows (e.g., Synopsys, Cadence, Mentor).
- Understanding of semiconductor device physics and process technology.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Process variation awareness and statistical understanding
- Contributions to silicon products that have been successfully taped out and brought to market.
Why Join Us:
At Qualcomm (or similar leading semiconductor company), you’ll be part of a team that’s shaping the future of custom silicon. You’ll work on cutting-edge technologies, collaborate with world-class engineers, and help deliver solutions that power next-generation AI and computing devices and systems.
Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.OR
Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:
$140,000.00 - $210,000.00The 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.
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