NPU Physical Design Engineer Sr Staff

Qualcomm

Bengaluru, INonsitePosted Jul 13, 2026
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Skills

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About the role

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.

General Summary

PNR implementation for Qualcomm Hexagon NPU

Good hands-on experience on Floorplanning, PNR and STA flows

Good knowledge on Placement/Clock Tree Synthesis (CTS), optimization, etc

Good understanding on signoff domains– LEC/CLP/PDN knowledge, etc

Good knowledge on Unix/Linux – Perl/TCL fundamentals/scripting

Principal Duties and responsibilities:

Complete ownership on PNR implementation (Floorplanning, Placement, CTS, post_route,etc) on latest nodes.

Signoff knowledge is mandatory (STA,Power analysis,FV, low power verification, PV,etc)

Quick learner with good analytical and problem solving skills

Qualifications:

12+ years experience with PNR flow in latest tech nodes (e.g., 4nm/5nm/7nm/10nm

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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