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EDA/CAD Software Engineer, Staff

Markham, Ontario

On-site7+ years experience
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Requirements summary:

  • Minimum Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 7+ years of related work experience.
  • Preferred Qualifications:
  • 2+ years ASIC design, FPGA design, verification, or related work experience.
  • 2+ years C++ SW development, CAD tool development, or related work experience.
  • 2+ years of hands-on experience with Linux

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Employer posting date
2026-10-26
First seen by our source
2026-10-31
Source record updated
2026-11-05

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Job description


Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

General Summary:

Qualcomm Technologies Inc's Global CAD team develops tools, flows, and methodologies for different aspects of VLSI design. This position is about developing critical CAD tools used in emulation and includes the following activities:


  • Work with industry-standard tools and technologies to develop solutions to a variety of infrastructure needs.
  • Develop critical emulation CAD algorithms that address unique Qualcomm SoC needs (synthesis, partitioning, place and route, clock optimization).
  • Drive compute and storage optimization.
  • Mentor and lead other members of the team

Minimum Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 7+ years of related work experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Master's or PhD. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering
  • 2+ years ASIC design, FPGA design, verification, or related work experience.
  • 2+ years C++ SW development, CAD tool development, or related work experience.
  • 2+ years of hands-on experience with Linux
  • 2+ years of direct hands-on experience with CAD SW development, Proven ability of software design principles, practices, and patterns
  • Demonstratable knowledge of data structures, algorithms and design patterns
  • Experience in the areas of RTL Synthesis (System Verilog -> Netlist), Clock Tree Optimization, Exposure to VLSI design concepts, logic design
  • Excellent interpersonal and analytical skills with the ability to work independently, and create customer-facing applications
  • Experience with the following: Git, LSF, JIRA, GCC and other related technologies

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e-mail [email protected] or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found here. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities. (Keep in mind that this email address is used to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. We will not respond here to requests for updates on applications or resume inquiries).

To all Staffing and Recruiting Agencies: Our Careers Site is only for individuals seeking a job at Qualcomm. Staffing and recruiting agencies and individuals being represented by an agency are not authorized to use this site or to submit profiles, applications or resumes, and any such submissions will be considered unsolicited. Qualcomm does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications from agencies. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Qualcomm employees or any other company location. Qualcomm is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes/applications.

EEO Employer: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification.

Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.

Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:

$145,600.00 - $218,400.00

The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer – and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.

If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.

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