Senior Physical Design Engineer

Qualcomm · Delhi

  • Experience3–4 yrs
  • SalaryNot disclosed
  • Work modeonsite
  • Levelmid
  • Posted17 Sept 2026
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About Qualcomm

Qualcomm is hiring in Delhi in semiconductors electronics. This role looks for around 3+ years of experience.

Skills

  • Physical Design
  • GPU Cores
  • Floorplanning
  • Place and Route
  • Clock Tree Synthesis
  • Formal Verification
  • Physical Verification
  • Design Rule Checking
  • Layout Versus Schematic
  • Power Delivery Network
  • Timing Closure
  • Power Optimization
  • Static Timing Analysis
  • Synopsys ICC2
  • Cadence Innovus
  • PrimeTime SI
  • Tempus
  • Clocking Architecture
  • Tcl
  • Perl

The role

A physical design engineer at a semiconductor technology company architects GPU cores and delivers physical implementation through formal verification, static timing analysis, and timing closure, while optimizing power and performance. Synopsys ICC2 and Cadence Innovus support place-and-route convergence across advanced technology nodes.

Full job description

Company:

Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > GPU ASICS 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 GPU Engineer, you may architect, design, implement, verify, and/or optimize the performance and power of GPU cores. Qualcomm Engineers collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet and exceed customer needs.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.

OR

Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.

OR

PhD in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's/Master’s degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering from reputed institution

3+ years of experience in Physical Design/Implementation

Minimum Requirements:

Physical Implementation activities for high performance GPU Core, which includes Floor-planning, Place and Route, CTS, Formal verification, Physical Verification (DRC/LVS), PDN, Timing Closure and power optimization.

Should have good exposure to PD implementation of PPA critical Cores and making right PPA trade-off decisions.

Strong expertise in timing convergence of high frequency data-path intensive Cores and advanced STA concepts

Well versed with the Block level PnR convergence with Synopsys ICC2/ Cadence Innovus and timing convergence in PTSI/Tempus in latest technology nodes

Good understanding of clocking architecture.

Should be able work in close collaboration with design, DFT and PNR teams and resolve issues wrt constraints validation, verification, STA, Physical design, etc.

Well versed with Tcl/Perl Scripting

Experience of working as part of a larger team and working towards project milestones and deadlines; Handle technical deliverables with a small team of engineers.

Strong problem-solving skills and good communication skills.

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