FY27 Intern - Camera Design Implementation Intern - Canada (16 months)

Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Department: Interim Engineering Intern - Systems

Company:Qualcomm Canada ULC

Job Area:Interns Group, Interns Group > Interim Engineering Intern - Systems

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Role Overview

As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives communication and data processing transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all.

You will be joining one of the World's best Camera Design Solutions IP teams that delivers the Spectra ISP to various Snapdragon SoCs.

A successful candidate will work on developing implementation infrastructure for Camera IP delivered to various SoCs. The candidate will be responsible for various functions from RTL integration through physical design.  As a member of the Camera team, the successful applicant will help integrate, implement, and develop state of the art Camera cores and will be working closely with the Camera development and physical design teams. The successful candidate will possess understanding of ASIC design flow and the challenges posed by advanced deep sub-micron technologies.

The Design Implementation Engineer will work in Qualcomm's Spectra Camera team and will be responsible for managing all aspect of front end implementation design. The role will also include working with execution driven teams for tape-outs by supporting new methodologies and new flows required to address better QoR like performance, power and area.

Responsibilities may include

RTL to GDS2 flow, tools and methodologies such as synthesis, static timing analysis, formal verification, physical design and ECO generation/verification

Implementation and delivery of Camera cores from RTL to Netlist

Identify areas for flow and process improvements

RTL synthesis using physically aware tools

Formal Verification and Low Power  verification using industry standard tools for RTL-netlist and netlist-netlist checks

Close design timing by running static timing analysis and constraints development at block and SoC Level

Generate and verify ECOs for functional and timing fixes, working closely with the physical design team

Low Power synthesis flows for multiple corners

Strong scripting skills to automate flows, improve productivity, and support analysis/debug (e.g., for synthesis, STA, ECO, and verification workflows)

Education Requirements

In study towards a bachelor’s degree in one of the following: Engineering Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Physics, Computer Science, or related field

For 16-month internships: must be available May/June 2027 - August/September 2028

Expected graduation date of November 2028 or later.

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