Senior/Staff CPU DV Design Automation Engineer

Job Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware 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 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.

OR
Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 5+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

OR
PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

Exciting opportunity to work on Digital Flows/Methodologies architecture and development in energetic multi-site CAD team at Qualcomm.Our team support Simulation, Emulation, Formal Verification and Post Silicon domains providing ample opportunities to grow and contribute.

Responsibilities

As a Design Automation Engineer, you will work with RTL, architecture, design, DV, software, and silicon verification users.

Develops, maintains, debugs and tests CPU Design Methodologies using Commercial EDA tools

Defines and creates flows/scripts to help design teams execute Front-End (RTL) flows seamlessly

Create unit, integration, regression, and/or system-level tests to thoroughly validate new features or changes.

Work closely with Eng IT teams to setup flows which work well with the Engineering Compute Infra at multiple Datacenters

Work closely with design teams to define methodologies, drive flow development, and deploy vendor tools

Interfaces with external vendors to define, drive and incorporate the latest design solutions to improve productivity and time to market.

Support design engineers on the flow setup and resolve their queries, automate tasks through appropriate tools and scripting.

Review and debug code to identify and fix code problems.

Qualifications

Proficient with Python development and strong working knowledge of Linux operating systems

Must have worked on Digital flows/methodologies development in the DV domains.

Should have proficient skills with one of DV related tools Xcelium/VCS/vManager/Indago/Verdi or equivalent.

Experience with CI/CD platform (like Airflow and Jenkins) and Version Control System (like Perforce and/or Git).

MS/BS in Electrical/Computer Engineering with 8-14 years of demonstrated experience in CAD or EDA tools flows architecture, development, and support.

Demonstrated experience with various EDA software, flows, and architectures & driving EDA vendors to provide feature enhancements and bugfixes.

Ability to document design methodologies & provide training on tools and workflows to design teams

Strong skills in debugging and analyzing techniques to understand existing scripts/flows; Ability to work independently and explore new domains

Proven track record of pushing Prior experience debugging vendor tool problems

Strong written and verbal interpersonal skills and track record of success in a collaborative team environment

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