Processor Design Verification Engineer

Location: San Diego, California, United States of America

Department: DSP Architecture and Design

Work Location: onsite

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > DSP Architecture and Design

General Summary:

A variety of high performance, low power Hexagon/NPU cores are at the heart of Qualcomms multi-tier mobile SOC, Server, IoT, Automotive roadmap. The Hexagon architecture is designed to deliver performance with low power and area over a variety of applications like Audio, Modem, Machine learning, IoT and Automotive

The successful candidate will verify the correct function, performance, and power characteristics of a new high performance, low-power Hexagon DSP/NPU processor core and associated subsystems, collaborate with digital architects and designers to develop verification plans, implement verification environments, and effectively execute verification strategies, with the following responsibilities:

• Responsible for owning a unit and/or subsystem verification environment through all stages of the verification process

• Responsible for working closely with architecture, design, and implementation teams to address the full spectrum of verification issues in modern design processes.

• Responsible for working with customers to which we deliver core IP to help them verify the integration of the processor core in larger components of an SOC

• Responsible for maintaining a current knowledge of industry trends and activities, and taking the steps necessary to make sure that Qualcomm is on the leading edge of the technology.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's, Computer Engineering and/or Computer Science and/or Electrical Engineering

• 2+ year experience in digital design verification, including modern verification environments and techniques

• Detailed understanding of SystemVerilog Testbench verification environment is required.

• Excellent programming background and skills are required; in particular, a strong background in Object-Oriented programming.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's, Computer Engineering and/or Computer Science and/or Electrical Engineering

• 2+ year of experience in processor verification

• Knowledge of cache, memory coherency, interconnect, bus protocol, and processor integration is a strong plus

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field.

• 2+ years of experience with high-performance microprocessor design.

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:

$127,200.00 - $190,800.00

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