PDN Engineer
Qualcomm · Posted Oct 19
Semiconductor, 5G wireless technology, mobile platform, and AI computing solutions
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About the role
Qualcomm's Hardware Engineering Group plans, designs, optimizes, verifies, and tests electronic systems and circuits for next-generation products. This PDN Engineer role owns full-chip and block-level static/dynamic IR drop and electromigration sign-off, defines and maintains EMIR methodologies on tools such as Ansys RedHawk-SC and Cadence Voltus, and works cross-functionally with physical design, DFT, package, interposer, EDA vendor, and flow teams.
What you will do
- Own full-chip and block-level static/dynamic IR drop and signal/power electromigration sign-off.
- Own die plus interposer analysis, die plus interposer plus pkg analysis.
- Should have expertise in handling vector based IR signoff and vector less signoff in different modes
- Drive root-cause debugging for voltage, EM violations and collaborate with physical design (PD) teams on floorplanning and power grid fixes.
- Own power estimation and signoff on Primepower and Joules on different use cases
- Should have knowledge of CPM generation on different use cases
- Understand Mixed signal IP requirements and derive metrics for signoff
- Define and maintain robust EMIR methodologies using standard EDA tools like Ansys RedHawk-SC, or Cadence Voltus.
- Work on enhancing flow and methods for faster convergence and covering critical gaps with changing signoff trends.
- Support chip-package-system (CPS) integration and work alongside silicon package and interposer teams.
- Work closely with PnR on fixes needed for EMIR violations and left shift strategy for correct by construction methods
- Work with DFT teams to understand impact of DFT strategy on EMIR, assess/fix impact on IR from DFT patterns, provide guidelines for toggling activity in DFT modes, provide power estimation to ATE and board testing teams.
- Work proactively with EDA vendors to get resolution on Tool issues, track critical issues impacting project, initiate and track topics of long term and future interests.
- Work with flow teams to integrate new methods and fixes in to the flow that are impacting ongoing projects. Initiate work flows for long term and future interests.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- 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.
- Experience: 5+ years of relevant semiconductor industry experience, with proven background in power integrity sign-off.
- Technical Skills: Advanced expertise in RedHawk_SC, Voltus, PTPX alongside strong scripting proficiency (Python/TCL). Should have deep knowledge in EMIR domain. Should have good knowledge of adjacent domains like STA and inter-operation with those domains.
- Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, VLSI, or a related electronics discipline.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Qualcomm
Qualcomm is a global leader in the development and commercialization of foundational technologies for the wireless industry, including mobile processors, 5G, and on-device artificial intelligence. The company designs and markets digital communications products, semiconductor solutions, and system software used globally across smartphones, automotive solutions, IoT devices, and computing systems. Through extensive R&D and intellectual property licensing, Qualcomm powers a highly interconnected and smarter world.
- Industry
- Semiconductors
- Company size
- 50000+ employees
- Founded
- 1985
- Location
- San Diego, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $53M raised
- 2018-11-01Grant
Leadership
President and Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer
James H. Thompson
Chief Technology Officer
Chief Marketing Officer
Ann Chaplin
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
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