JobsUSACPU Physical Design – Low Power Signoff Engineer
Company : Qualcomm
Location : San Diego, CA, 92189
Posted Date : 15 September 2025
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CPU Physical Design – Low Power Signoff Engineer
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Company
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Job Area
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > CPU Engineering
General 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 CPU Engineer, you will lead innovative Central Processing Unit (CPU) design efforts that have a critical impact on industries across the world. Qualcomm Engineers collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, verify, and implement multi-core CPU operations for all Qualcomm Business Units.
Minimum Skill/Experience
- 2-10 yrs experience in Physical Design and timing signoff for high speed cores.
- Should have good exposure to high frequency design convergence for physical design with PPA targets and PDN methodology.
- Masters/Bachelors Degree in Electrical/Electronics science engineering with at least 2+ years of experience in IC design.
- Experience in leading block level or chip level Physical Design, STA and PDN activities.
- Work independently in the areas of RTL to GDSII implementation.
- Ability to collaborate and resolve issues wrt constraints validation, verification, STA, Physical design, etc.
- Knowledge of low power flow (power gating, multi-Vt flow, power supply management etc.)
- Circuit level comprehension of time critical paths in the design Understanding of deep sub-micron design problems and solutions (leakage power, signal integrity, DFM etc.)
- Tcl/Perl scripting Willing to handle technical deliveries with a small team of engineers.
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- 2+ years Hardware Engineering experience or related work experience.
- 2+ years experience with PNR flow and CLP/FV runs in latest tech nodes (e.g., 4nm/5nm/7nm/10nm
- Good hands-on experience on signoff domains– LEC/CLP flows etc.
- Good hands-on experience on Synthesis, Floorplanning, PNR and STA flows.
- Good knowledge on Placement/Clock Tree Synthesis (CTS), optimization, etc
- Good knowledge on Unix/Linux – Perl/TCL fundamentals/scripting
- Complete ownership on Conformal Low Power and Formal Verification signoff for hier and flat CPU Subsytem on latest nodes.
- Candidate should be able to handle CLP and FV signoff from synthesis to PNR exit.
- Signoff knowledge is mandatory (STA,Power analysis,FV, low power verification, PV,etc)
- Quick learner with good analytical and problem-solving skills
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
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Pay Range And Other Compensation & Benefits
$148,300.00 - $222,500.00
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.
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