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Senior / Staff CPU DV Design Automation Engineer

Qualcomm
Bangalore3-8 LPA Posted 26 May 2025
FULL TIME
Design Automation
EDA Tools
Linux
Python

Job Description

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.
  • Exciting opportunity to work on Digital Flows/Methodologies architecture and development in energetic multi-site CAD team at Qualcomm.
  • Our team support 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

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