JobsUSACPU Physical Design Pathfinding Engineer
Company : Qualcomm
Location : San Diego, CA, 92189
Posted Date : 15 September 2025
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CPU Physical Design Pathfinding Engineer
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Company
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Job Area
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > CPU Engineering
General Summary
As a CPU PPA Pathfinding Engineer, you will work with Architecture, RTL, Physical Design, Circuits, CAD and Post-Silicon teams to lead the cutting-edge technology development to be implemented in the next generation CPUs to meet aggressive Power, Area and Performance goals.
Must have skill/experience
- Experience with Synthesis, place and route and signoff timing/power analysis.
- Knowledge of high performance and low power implementation techniques
- Proficiency in scripting (TCL, Python, Perl)
- MS degree in Electrical Engineering with 14+ years of practical experience.
- Preference for experience in deep submicron process technology nodes.
- Experience in CPU PPA optimization is advantageous.
- Knowledge of library cells and optimizations.
- Solid understanding of industry-standard tools for synthesis, place & route, and tapeout flows.
- Strong data analytical skills to identify and address physical design issues.
- Experience in pre-post silicon correlation
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (RTL, Physical Design, Circuits, CAD) to address critical physical design challenges in CPU implementations.
- Develop innovative techniques within Physical Design and optimization space to meet stringent PPA targets.
- Coordinate with CPU Software, Architecture, and RTL teams to understand various CPU use cases and propose impactful PPA optimizations.
- Engage with external CAD tool vendors and internal CAD teams to identify and enhance optimization issues related to CPU designs.
- Partner with all block-level implementation teams to analyze, implement, and improve optimization methods relevant to the designs.
- Partner with Process, SoC and Post-silicon teams to analyze, improve design implementations
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 8+ 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 6+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
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Pay Range And Other Compensation & Benefits
$211,900.00 - $317,900.00
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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