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SoC Physical Design CAD Engineer (Staff/Sr Staff)

BengaluruFull-time7–13 yrsPosted over a month ago

Senior electrical and electronics role at Qualcomm in Bengaluru. Needs 7+ years and a B.Sc, B.Tech or B.E..

About the role

We are looking for a Staff Engineer – Physical Design CAD to drive the development, deployment, and support of Physical Design methodologies, flows, and automation for complex SoC programs. The role involves enabling scalable PD infrastructure, improving design productivity, and partnering with PD, STA, DFT, and EDA teams to deliver best-in-class implementation solutions.

What you'll do

  • Develop and maintain Physical Design flows covering Floorplanning, PnR, CTS, Routing, IR/EM, and Signoff
  • Build automation and infrastructure using Tcl, Python, Perl, and Shell scripting to improve design efficiency and turnaround time
  • Drive methodology improvements for timing, power, area, and design convergence across multiple SoC projects
  • Collaborate with PD, STA, CAD, and EDA vendors to evaluate and deploy new tools and technologies
  • Debug flow, tool, and methodology issues and provide scalable solutions across projects

What you need

  • VLSI
  • Python
  • Perl
  • Linux
  • Shell scripting

Good to have

  • Machine learning

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