Job Summary

As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm Hardware Engineer, you will plan, design, optimize, verify, and test electronic systems, bring-up yield, circuits, mechanical systems, Digital/Analog/RF/optical systems, equipment and packaging, test systems, FPGA, and/or DSP systems that launch cutting-edge, world class products. Qualcomm Hardware Engineers collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop solutions and meet performance requirements.

Minimum Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
- OR Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
- OR PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
- BE/BTech degree in CS/EE with 8+ years experience.

Responsibilities

- Develop and execute verification plans for units and features of a CPU design
- Use simulation and formal verification methodologies to execute test plans, develop testbench components like checkers, assertions, stimulus generators
- Work closely with system architects, design team, software teams and Soc team to validate system use cases




- Work closely with emulation team to enable verification on emulators and FPGA platforms
- Debug and triage failures in simulation, emulation and silicon
- Implementation of assembly and C language tests for verifying CPU architecture
- Experience in C/C++, scripting languages, HDLs like Verilog/System Verilog
- Good understanding of CPU architectures and CPU micro architectures. Industry experience with CPU architecture such as x86, ARM, MIPS, RISCV, POWER will be a plus
- Experience in verification of power management features such as clock gating, power gating, UPF, DVFS/DCVS, reliability, throttling

Preferred Requirements

- Strong understanding of power management features in CPUs and CPU based SoCs
- In depth knowledge of digital logic design, micro processor, debug feature, and DFT architecture and microarchitecture
- Experience with advanced verification techniques such as formal and assertions is a plus
- Knowledge and verification experience in DFT and structural debug concepts and methodologies: JTAG, IEEE1500, MBIST, scan dump, memory dump is a plus

Applicants

Qualcomm is an equal chance employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities.

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