Senior STA CAD Engineer - Cork, Ireland

Company:

QT Technologies Ireland Limited

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

General Summary:

About the Role:

The Global CAD team defines and enables the RTL to GDSII flows for variety of advanced low power and high performance SOCs, enabling state-of-the-art chipsets from Qualcomm.

The Design Flow Development team is looking for outstanding engineers with experience in STA, timing ECO and PDN methodology. The candidate will drive best-in-class sign-off flows for >1billion device SOCs in cutting edge technologies.

The candidate will be responsible for:

The engineer will be member of team developing chip STA methodology and flow:

- STA  and timing ECO technologies, design closure methodology with unique challenges driven by Low power architecture, Si Variation, Low voltage operation and other challenges.

- Constraints clean up and correlation, multi-voltage analysis, overall STA flow development,

- Timing methodologies for large SoC signoff and derating & margin mechanism

- CAD automation for timing data mining and processing

- Participating in project proposal development including key milestones and deliverables

- Execute and deliver project goals in a timely manner with production support

- Resolve issues in all phases of development to assure smooth project execution

We would love to see:

• Expertise in Primetime, Primeshield and Tempus based, hierarchical analysis for large SoCs
• Hands on Tweaker, Tempus ECO and PTECO for timing closure
• Highly Proficient in Python, TCL and Perl
• Interest in Design for Parametric Yield is an added advantage.
• Comfortable with extraction, simulation tools and environments is a plus
• Excellent problem-solving skills and results-driven, able to work and drive practical solutions under research environment.
• Good communication skill and personal skills in a multi-disciplinary, fast-paced engineering environment
• Minimum Qualification Master’s of Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering
• 4+ years industrial work experience.

Where you will be working

Cork has a proud reputation as Ireland's second largest economic engine and is now one of the Top 20 location choices in Europe with 39,000 people being employed by over 170 overseas companies.
There's a growing diversity in the region with people from many nationalities relocating to Cork, relishing the opportunity to work and live in a location that offers an excellent quality of life.
A gateway to Europe, Cork airport provides access to almost 50 international destinations including transatlantic air routes.

About Us

Qualcomm Cork, a greenfield site based in the beautiful harbour city of Cork opened its doors in August 2013 and has been growing ever since across our QCT Engineering, OneIT and HR teams.

The Cork QCT engineering team is continuing to expand. Our engineers work on all aspects of leading-edge technology (4nm, 3nm, 2nm), including; Analog Mixed Signal, Security, Power Management, Sensors, Machine Learning, Modelling, Validation, Design Automation, Automotive and Physical Design. We are the R&D engine that benefits the world in three ways: Enabling Customers, Transforming Industries and Enriching Lives.

Equal Opportunities & Equal Pay

We are an Equal Opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any protected classification.

Giving Back

Employees in Cork have a strong sense of community. We are encouraged through the philanthropic endeavours of the Qualcomm Foundation to support causes that matter to us.

 

What's on Offer

Apart from working in an open, relaxed and collaborative space, you will enjoy:

• Salary, stock and performance related bonus
• Maternity/Paternity Leave
• Employee stock purchase scheme
• Matching pension scheme
• Education Assistance
• Relocation and immigration support
• Life, Medical, Income and Travel Insurance
• Subsidised gym membership
• Bicycle purchase scheme
• Employee run clubs, including, running, football, chess, badminton + many more
   

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field.

*References to a particular number of years experience are for indicative purposes only. Applications from candidates with equivalent experience will be considered, provided that the candidate can demonstrate an ability to fulfill the principal duties of the role and possesses the required competencies.

Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.

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