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Qualcomm

CPU Integration & 3DIC CAD Engineer

Qualcomm Santa Clara, California, United States of America, United States 24 days ago
Physical Design & EDA

$175,600 - $263,400 USD yearly

Originally posted 15 September 2026 by the employer.

Join the Nuvia/CPU team.

About the role

What you'll do

  • Enable 3DIC/multi die in existing or new flows, including TSVs during floor planning.
  • Support Static Timing and Extraction across multiple dies.
  • Support power integrity flows across multiple chiplets.
  • Architect, maintain, and support these flows, and resolve project-specific issues.
  • Work with EDA vendors to define roadmap and resolve tool issues.

What you'll need

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of relevant work experience, OR Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of relevant work experience, OR PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of relevant work experience.
  • Total of 8 years of educational industry experience.

Nice to have

  • Ten years of hands-on experience in development of high-performance chips in a design or CAD role.
  • Experience with Innovus, Primetime, Star-RC or equivalents.
  • Experience with advanced technology nodes (5nm or lower).
  • High level of programming proficiency (Python and Tcl) and data structures.

Skills: 3DIC/multi die, EDA vendors, Innovus, Primetime, Star-RC, CAD role

Market context

This role has been open 23 days — well below the 79-day median for EDA/CAD Engineering roles.

EDA/CAD Engineering · EDA Tools

Open roles in category
704
Median days open
79 d
Median salary
$195k
See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
How Qualcomm compares in EDA/CAD Engineering hiring
Metric Qualcomm All employers we track in this specialty (704 roles · 75 employers)
Open roles in this specialty 42 704
Open roles in the wider Physical Implementation family 180 1495 · 107 employers
Median days open 60 d 79 d (−19 d vs this employer)
Median salary (USD postings) — $195k

Skills observed across this category: 3DIC/multi die, EDA vendors, Innovus, Primetime, Star-RC, CAD role

Who's hiring in this category

  • Cadence Design Systems · 163 open roles · median 162 d
  • Synopsys · 59 open roles · median 36 d
  • Micron Technology · 44 open roles · median 107 d
  • Qualcomm (this employer) · 42 open roles · median 60 d
  • NVIDIA · 41 open roles · median 73 d
  • GlobalFoundries · 30 open roles · median 51 d

How we counted: 704 open EDA/CAD Engineering (EDA Tools) roles from 75 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 9 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Physical Implementation family row. Figures refresh nightly.

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Santa Clara, California, United States of America, United States
On-site
$175,600 - $263,400 USD yearly
24 days ago

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