Central Hardware Systems Up to Senior - EE Automation Engineer, Packaging Engineering

The successful candidate will become a key member of the CHSA electrical team (Central Hardware Systems Automation) responsible for developing process automations, tool methodology support, project consulting for the Qualcomm's substantial EDA RF/SI tools portfolio users.

• The Candidate will be working within a global team of experienced EDA support engineers and will drive Automation and Troubleshooting related solutions to the design flows.

• Working effectively across organizational boundaries with good communication and quick understanding of the requirements and the issues is essential along with effective Documentation and Presentation skillsets.

• Candidate would need to support RF/SI design flows using the Commercial and Custom tools to support PCB and PKG Signal Integrity engineers.

• The CHSA Electrical tools portfolio includes Cadence Sigrity, Siemens-Mentor, Ansys, Keysight, CST and Polar. 

• Candidate is expected to provide electrical modeling support to engineers performing analysis of PCBs, various IC Packages, on-chip interconnects to ensure design success.

• The candidate will engage with PCB SI Engineers, Electrical Package Modeling Engineers, and on a limited basis with IC designers to find solutions and provide recommendations for optimal modeling and extraction techniques.

• The work will also include installation of Applications in Windows & Linux OS, KB articles for developed simulation flows.

MinimumQualifications             

• Minimum of bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering with 2+ years of experience for the SI, EM Toolset. Usage/Support with 2+ years’ experience in Development & Debugging techniques using Python, VB Scripting, Perl, C, C++ etc.

PreferredQualifications              

• Prior strong Experience in RF/SI Software Applications like Cadence Sigrity, Siemens, Keysight, Agilent, Ansys, Dassault

• Exposure to Circuit solvers such as Agilent ADS or AWR, Full-wave EM solvers such as HFSS, Clarity, CST Microwave Studio, PowerSI or SIWave

• LPDDR design and analysis High speed serial IO Design and Analysis

• Programming skills in Python, Perl, C, C++ or similar languages in additional to primary subject knowledge of SI is essential.

• Spreadsheets and similar productivity tools, including scripting VNA or TDR based high frequency measurements.

• Strong problem solving/ debugging skills.

• Effectively communicates with project peers and engineering personnel via e-mail, web meetings, and instant messaging including status reports and illustrative presentation slides.

• Leadership skills to help direct, prioritize, and clearly set project tasks per schedule.

• Communicate milestones and directions to outside team members.

• Good verbal and written communication skills

Educational Requirements

• Minimum of bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering with equivalent experience

• Master's degree is preferred on Electromagnetic theory and Transmission lines, Basic signal and power integrity concepts.

Keywords

• ADS, Sigrity, HFSS, Clarity, Signal Integrity (SI) Power Integrity (PI), RF, Python, PDN, PCIe, DDR, SerDes