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Qualcomm

Designs mobile chips and licenses wireless patents

Package Design Engineer - Staff, Packaging Engineering

Board & Electronics DesignConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeSan Diego, CA, USAIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Proficiency in Cadence APD and SiP and/or Siemens Xpedition Package Designer (xPD).
  • Familiarity with Constraint Manager in package design tools for setting up design for manufacturing rules and electrical rules.
  • Basic knowledge of signal integrity for high-speed I/O interfaces, transmission lines, and electromagnetic field theory.
  • Knowledge of integrated-circuit packaging structures, chip-package interaction, and package-board interaction.
  • A Master's degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, material science, or a related field, with 5+ years of experience is listed as a preferred qualification.
  • Fundamentals in electrical, material, thermal, or mechanical engineering fields.
  • Familiarity with sophisticated package configurations and assembly/substrate technology, including flip-chip BGA and 2.5D/3D interposer.
  • Experience in package design and proficiency with Cadence Allegro platform tools, including PCB Editor, Advanced Package Designer, and APD/SiP.
  • Basic understanding of signal-integrity/power-integrity tools such as XtractIM, PowerSI, HFSS, and Q3D; package model extraction; S-parameters; and RLGC models.
  • Basic knowledge of substrate manufacturing processes, structure, design rules, and material properties.
  • Understanding of high-speed interfaces, including DDR, PCIe, and UCIE.
  • Experience with Calibre and package design reviews.
  • Knowledge of high-speed layout constraints, including crosstalk mitigation and differential pairs.
  • Understanding of Design Rule Check and Design for Manufacturing.

Responsibilities

  • Own and drive advanced package selection, new-generation product package structure, and configuration optimization.
  • Perform package/SiP physical design and layout, optimization, design verification, and tape-out.
  • Work with multifunctional teams to achieve optimized mechanical, electrical, and thermal performance for various chip types.
  • Implement the physical design of packages and modules for system-on-chip products.
  • Interface and coordinate with multifunctional groups throughout Qualcomm on new product package/SiP feasibility analysis, design, and selection.
  • Define and develop design-verification and automation strategies to strengthen and streamline package design and release flows.
  • Work cross-functionally to optimize package pinout.
  • Ensure package design is optimized for signal-integrity and power-integrity requirements.
  • Drive methodology, innovation, and efficiency improvements in package design with vendors and developers on feature development and bug resolution.
  • Explore, evaluate, and develop new computer-aided design tools, designs, and verification flows.
  • Partner with the business-unit physical design team to optimize chip floorplans and bump placement and package size.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience using in-line design-rule checking, design-for-manufacturing verification, and electrical-rule checking is preferred.
  • Basic knowledge of electronic packaging processes and typical failure modes is preferred.

About the Company

Qualcomm

Designs mobile chips and licenses wireless patents

Qualcomm designs the Snapdragon processors and modems inside many Android phones, and it licenses its wireless patents to device makers around the world. It helped commercialize CDMA, the cellular technology behind 3G networks, and its patents cover core parts of the 4G and 5G standards that phones use to connect. The company does not run its own chip factories; contract foundries make its chips, which it sells to makers of phones, PCs, cars, and connected devices. Device makers also pay Qualcomm royalties for using its patented technology, which forms a second business alongside chip sales. Qualcomm was founded in 1985 and is based in San Diego, California.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
San Diego, CA
Founded
1985

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