Sr Staff Engineer EM/IR

Company:

Qualcomm India Private Limited

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.

• Sign-off Ownership:
  • 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
     
• Flow Development:
  • 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.
• Cross functional: 
  • 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.

Leadership & Management Responsibilities

• Team Guidance: Direct daily task allocation, monitor metrics, and manage project schedules to meet tapeout milestones.
• Mentorship: Train junior and mid-level engineers in advanced-node power integrity challenges and scripting (TCL, Python).
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with timing (STA), physical design, package/interposer and analog/SerDes integration groups to clear design bottlenecks.
• Stakeholder Reporting: Communicate technical risks, execution progress, and mitigation paths to upper management on a regular basis.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Experience: 12+ 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. 

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