Qualcomm
Physical Design (Multiple levels)
$122K–$183K
San Diego, California · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 2, 2026
- Experience
- 2-10+ years of industry or relevant academic/project experience in Physical Design. Minimum qualifications also state: bachelor's degree plus 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related experience; master's degree plus 1+ year; or a PhD.
- Education
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field; minimum qualifications also list a degree in Science, Engineering, or a related field, or a PhD in those areas.
About the job
Executes physical design for ASICs and SoCs from synthesized netlist through tape-out, including implementation, optimization, verification, and sign-off.
What you'll do
- Drive physical design flow stages, including floorplanning, power planning, placement, clock tree synthesis, routing, timing closure, and sign-off.
- Analyze and resolve timing, signal-integrity, crosstalk, IR-drop, and physical design rule issues; perform extraction and verification.
- Collaborate across engineering teams and develop low-power methodologies, place-and-route solutions, and automation tools.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
- 2-10+ years of industry experience or relevant academic/project experience in Physical Design.
- Experience in Physical Design or related ASIC design, verification, validation, or integration work, according to the stated degree-based alternatives.
Nice to have
- Experience with Cadence Innovus and/or Synopsys Fusion Compiler, Synopsys PrimeTime SI, physical verification, or formal verification.
- Programming and automation skills with Python, Perl, TCL, Shell scripting, C/C++, and Linux/Unix environments.
Pay
$121,800.00 - $182,600.00 USD base salary
Tools
Cadence Innovus, Synopsys Fusion Compiler, Synopsys PrimeTime SI, Python, Perl, TCL, Shell scripting, C/C++
AI focus
May contribute to projects spanning AI; the posting does not specify AI-focused duties.
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