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Qualcomm is a company of inventors that unlocked 5G ushering in an age of rapid acceleration in connectivity and new possibilities that will transform industries, create jobs, and enrich lives. But this is just the beginning. It takes inventive minds with diverse skills, backgrounds, and cultures to transform 5Gs potential into world-changing technologies and products. This is the Invention Age - and this is where you come in.

We are looking for ASIC Design Verification Engineers with strong CPU, ASIC design and verification fundamentals and drive to innovate new solutions. This position under Qualcomm's Global SOC organization offers the rare opportunity to have real impact in shaping 5G product lines ranging from low power Snapdragon chips to the growing field of Machine Learning (AI/ML) and to Autonomous driving. We have crafted a team of exceptional engineers stretching around the globe, whose mission is to push the frontiers of what is possible today and define the platform for the future.

Job Overview

Qualcomm SoC HW team is responsible for developing and delivering best in class premium tier smartphone SoC solutions which are setting benchmarks in the whole industry. As an SOC Verification and Methodology Engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring the quality and functionality of System-on-Chip (SOC) designs through comprehensive verification processes. You will develop and implement verification methodologies, create test plans, and execute verification tests to identify and resolve design issues. In this role of Design Verification Engineer, you will be using advanced state of the art tools, verification techniques and methodologies to verify varied design IPs in addition to system-level integration validation aspects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop Verification Plans: Understand design specifications and define the verification scope. Develop detailed test plans and verification infrastructure.

• Execute Verification Tests: Implement and Execute verification test cases and debug complex issues. Implement and analyze System Verilog assertions and coverage (code, toggle, functional).

• Collaborate with Teams: Work closely with architects, designers, and pre and post-silicon verification teams to accomplish tasks.

• Innovate Solutions: Develop innovative solutions to verification challenges with minimal guidance. Ramp-up on new verification tools and methodologies. Explore innovative DV methodologies to continuously push the quality and efficiency of test benches.

• Adhere to Standards: Maintain quality standards and best practices in test and verification processes.

• Successful candidates will be required to collaborate with worldwide design, verification, silicon, and architecture teams to achieve all project goals. Hence, we are looking for candidates with strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Engineering, or related field

• Minimum 2+ years of design verification experience. *Senior positions to be offered to candidates with proven expertise in the relevant field

• Good understanding of SystemVerilog/UVM based verification skills & experience with assertion & coverage-based verification methodology

• Experience in handling verification from Test planning to Tapeout for large-size HW Design

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Science, Engineering, or related field

• 5+ years industry experience with below skillset:

• Knowledge of SOC architecture, CPU architecture (ARM knowledge is helpful), DSP, AMBA Bus, DDR, GPU, Multimedia etc.

• Exposure to ARM SBSA (Server Base System Architecture)

• Experience with heterogenous multi-die system verification

• Experience with D2D interfaces (e.g., UCIe, CXL) verification

• Experience with pre-silicon emulation platform-based verification

• Knowledge of Power design, architecture, and verification requirements

• Displays a passion for debugging and strong problem-solving abilities

• Experience with scripting languages such as Perl, Python is a plus

• Assertion coding and converging on Formal tools, is a plus

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field.

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits :

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 .

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