PD CAD Engineer, Staff
Qualcomm · Bangalore, India
About this role
Qualcomm is hiring a staff-level Hardware Engineer in the software engineering function based in Bangalore, India. The posting calls out experience with Python.
- Role
- Hardware Engineer
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- staff
- Track
- Tech leadership
- Location
- Bangalore, India
- Posted
- Apr 24, 2026
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Job description
from Qualcomm careers##
Company:
Qualcomm India Private Limited
## Job Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Engineering
General Summary:
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.
Hands on PD execution at block/SoC level along with PPA improvements
* Strong understanding of the technology and PD Flow Methodology enablement.
* Work with Physical design engineers to rollout robust, identify areas for flow improvement methodologies.
(area/power/performance/convergence), develop plans and deploy/support them
* Provide tool support and issue debugging services to physical design team engineers across various sites
* Develop and maintain 3rd party tool integration and productivity enhancement routines
* Understand advance tech PNR and STA concepts and methodologies and work closely with EDA vendors to deploy solutions.
Skill Set
* Strong programming experience & Proficiency in Python/Tcl/C++
* Understand physical design flows using Innovus/fc/icc2 tools
* Knowledge of one of Encounter/Innovus or FC (or other equivalent PNR tool) is mandatory