Design Technology
Core
Design Technology engineers develop and enable design methods, tools, and technologies to move complex SoCs from leading-edge process technology to production, optimizing power, performance, area, yield, timing, and thermal behavior.
Role type
Senior IC semiconductor design technology engineer
Builds
Design flows, methodologies, tools, and differentiated library cells/macros for Qualcomm SoCs
Domain
Semiconductor / ASIC Design / Physical Design / EDA
Required skills
ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, DTCO, timing signoff, low-power design, physical design, thermal analysis, post-silicon debug, technology enablement, design automation, RTL, circuits, software
Preferred skills
agentic technologies, machine learning, constraint programming, automation
Technologies
EDA tools, RTL, custom analog and RF design flows, standard cells, memories, FIFOs, register arrays, clocking structures
Responsibilities
Partner with design, CAD, foundry, and test teams to optimize chip aspects; contribute to DTCO, timing/power signoff, low-power design, physical design, thermal analysis, post-silicon analysis, technology enablement, and design automation; develop design flows for digital and custom design lifecycle; create differentiated library cells and macros.
Seniority
Mid-level to Senior, hands-on IC