Senior / Staff CPU DV Design Automation Engineer

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.
• About the Team:
• Exciting opportunity to work on Digital Flows/Methodologies architecture and development in an energetic multi-site CAD team at Qualcomm.
• Our team supports 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.