Qualcomm Senior STA Methodology Engineer 

India, Karnataka, Bengaluru 

939049079

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Engineering

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.

Job Description:

• 2-5 years of relevant experience

• STA setup, convergence, reviews and signoff for multi-mode, multi-voltage domain designs.

• Timing analysis, validation and debug across multiple PVT conditions using PT/Tempus.

• Run Primetime and/or Tempus for STA flow optimization and Spice to STA correlation.

• Evaluate multiple timing methodologies/tools on different designs and technology nodes.

• Work on automation scripts within STA/PD tools for methodology development.

• Good Technical writing and Communication skills, should be willing to work in cross-collaborative environment

• Experience in design automation using TCL/Perl/Python.

• Familiar with digital flow design implementation RTL to GDS : ICC, Innovous , PT/Tempus

• Familiar with process technology enablement: Circuit simulations using Hspice/FineSim, Monte Carlo.

Preferred Qualification/Skills

• Strong expertise in STA timing analysis basics, AOCV/POCV concepts, CTS, defining and managing timing constraints, Latch transparency handling, 0-cycle, multi-cycle path handling

• Hands-on experience with STA tools - Prime-time, Tempus

• Have experience in driving timing convergence at Chip-level and Hard-Macro level

• In-depth knowledge cross-talk noise, Signal Integrity, Layout Parasitic Extraction, feed through handling,

• Knowledge of ASIC back-end design flows and methods and tools (ICC2, Innovus)

• Knowledge of Spice simulation Hspice/FineSim, Monte Carlo. Silicon to spice model correlation.

• Proficient is scripting languages – TCL, Perl, Awk

• Basic knowledge of device physics

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.