GPU Physical Design Methodology Engineer

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 4+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.


OR

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

OR

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

As a member of the Graphics team, the successful applicant will help develop new flows/methodologies and algorithms to improve power, performance and area (PPA) on state-of-the-art GPU cores while working closely with the graphics microarchitecture design and implementation teams. The successful candidate will possess basic understanding of RTL design and ASIC design flow from RTL to GDS such as synthesis, static timing analysis, formal verification, physical design, ECO generation and verification. They will collaborate with multiple functional teams including design, technology, power, implementation, sign-off and post-silicon to drive PPA improvements into GPU cores.

Knowledge and experience in the following is a definite advantage:

Implementation and delivery of GPU cores from RTL to GDSII
Semi-custom design flow and methodology development
Identifying areas for flow and process improvements
Verilog and System-Verilog languages
RTL synthesis using physically aware tools
Design constraint management for power, timing, clocking, interfaces
Formal Verification for RTL-netlist and netlist-netlist checks
Clock Tree Analysis and Optimization
ECO methods for functional and timing fixes
Managing design goals and tradeoffs in power, performance, and area


Preferred Qualifications

At-least 5-7 years of experience developing methodologies for PPA improvement
Basic understanding of digital design and RTL development
Hands on experience with EDA tools such as Synopsys Fusion Compiler, Synopsys RTL-Architect, PrimePower,PrimeTime and Prime Closure
Script writing experience in UNIX shell, Python, Perl and/or TCL
Excellent interpersonal and analytical skills as well as ability to work independently
Highly motivated, excellent team spirit, obsession with deliverable quality and customer oriented


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