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Job description
Qualcomm is hiring a SoC Debug Engineer — a full-time, based in San Diego, CA role ($140k–$210k). Apply directly on Qualcomm's careers page below.
SoC Debug Engineer
Location: San Diego, California, United States of America
Department: ASICS Engineering
Work Location: onsite
Company:
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.Job Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS EngineeringGeneral Summary:
Qualcomm's Silicon Validation team is part of the central SoC digital hardware organization responsible for the overall quality of the SoC silicon. The validation team works closely with architects, designers, verification engineers, software engineers, and customers. We are currently seeking a candidate for the position of SoC Debug Engineer
In this role, the candidate will support three critical roles:
Key Responsibilities:
In this role, the candidate will support three critical roles:
* Bring up, debug, analyze failures at the embedded platform level in both pre-Si and post-Si phase
* Support, develop, and implement solutions for faster debug at the platform level including isolating failing components of a system
* Creating debug strategies and plans for partners to more rapidly triage failures to isolate specific components including PVT and marginality issues.
* Gen AI automation and enablement for automating the Debug flow
Minimum Qualifications:
* 5 to 8 years of experience with pre-si and post-silicon enabling, bring-up, analyze failures at the embedded platform level
* RTL inspection and understanding of basic RTL
* Gen AI knowledge and experience for automating the Debug flow
* Support, develop, and implement solutions for faster debug at the platform level including isolating failing components of a system
* Creating debug strategies and plans for partners to more rapidly triage failures to isolate specific components including PVT and marginality issues
* Debugging low level software and hardware issues
* Debug tools including JTAG
* Using Lab Equipment (Logic Analyzer, Scope, Signal Generator, etc.)
Educational Requirements:
Bachelor's, Computer Engineering and/or Electrical Engineering Preferred:
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.
Preferred Qualifications:
Master's, Computer Engineering and/or Electrical Engineering
Basic understanding of power and performance
Some programming and scripting languages (C, Assembly, Perl, Python, etc.)
Knowledge of TCU, PVT, Fmax, Vmin test methodology and hands-on experience
CPU and SoC architectures
Gen AI experience
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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:
$140,000.00 - $210,000.00The 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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Frequently asked questions
What is the salary for SoC Debug Engineer at Qualcomm?
The estimated salary range for SoC Debug Engineer at Qualcomm is $140,000 - $210,000 USD per year.
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The required skills for SoC Debug Engineer at Qualcomm include: Python, C, Assembly, Perl, Generative AI.
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