STA/Timing Methodology Engineer

Job Description

Job Posting Date

2025-09-02

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 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

OR

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

OR

• PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field.

Overview:

Experienced STA/Timing Engineer with 3-10 Years of hands-on experience on timing sign off/convergence for complex SOCs. Ability to start immediately on timing analysis/sign-off with PD/Methodology teams across multiple sites and different technology nodes.

Job Description:

• STA setup, convergence, reviews and signoff for multi-mode, multi-voltage domain designs.
• Timing analysis, validation and debug across multiple PVT conditions using PT/Tempus.
• Run Primetime and/or Tempus for STA flow optimization and Spice to STA correlation.
• Evaluate multiple timing methodologies/tools on different designs and technology nodes.
• Work on automation scripts within STA/PD tools for methodology development.
• Good Technical writing and Communication skills. Willing to work in cross-collaborative environment.
• Experience in design automation using TCL/Perl/Python.
• Familiar with digital flow design implementation RTL to GDS : ICC, Innovous , PT/Tempus
• Familiar with process technology enablement: Circuit simulations using Hspice/FineSim, Monte Carlo.

Education : B.Tech or MTech/MS in Electrical/Electronics/Microelectronics/VLSI.

Preferred Qualification/Skills

• Strong expertise in STA timing analysis basics, AOCV/POCV concepts, CTS, defining and managing timing constraints, Latch transparency handling, 0-cycle, multi-cycle path handling.
• Hands-on experience with STA tools - Prime-time, Tempus
• Have experience working on timing convergence at Chip-level and Hard-Macro level.
• In-depth knowledge crosstalk noise, Signal Integrity, Layout Parasitic Extraction, feed through handling,
• Knowledge of ASIC back-end design flows, methods, and tools (ICC2, Innovus)
• Knowledge of Spice simulation Hspice/FineSim, Monte Carlo. Silicon to spice model correlation.
• Proficient is scripting languages – TCL, Perl, Python
• Basic knowledge of device physics

Perks and Benefits

Health

Qualcomm offers a world-class health benefit option providing world-class coverage to employees and their eligible dependents.

Wealth

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Self

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Wellbeing

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Unlock Your Limitless Potential with Qualcomm

Whether you’re launching a new career or ready to explore what’s next in the evolution of your talent and expertise, you’re about to embark on a career growth journey like no other.

Bring out your best, with the best

Our employees make Qualcomm’s success possible. We hire the brightest minds and foster a supportive, inclusive culture where your ideas have the power to contribute to world-changing innovations and breakthrough technologies. To make that possible, we leverage the breadth and depth of our diverse expertise from around the world to answer the unasked, conquer the complex, and solve some of the biggest challenges only we can – together.

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