System Hardware Validation Engineer (All Levels) - Cork, Ireland

Location: Cork, Ireland

Department: ASICS Engineering

Work Location: onsite

Company:

QT Technologies Ireland Limited

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

General Summary:

Job Description

The System Hardware Validation Engineer will work as part of Qualcomm’s SVE (System Validation Emulation) Team on leading technologies such as the Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset. SVE have a critical impact on getting high quality functional products to millions of customers quickly and we are hiring all levels from junior to staff roles. You will be joining a team of expert low-level validation engineers with diverse backgrounds (Synthetic OS, DDR memories, sensors, security, CPUs and caching, RTOS, embedded systems) to test Qualcomm's next generation SoCs. As part of the system validation team you will develop or port test software to evaluate new hardware IPs.

The successful candidate will focus development in the areas of Driver/Firmware Development and Validation, Debug and Resolution of Issues and Software Use-Case Implementation. The successful candidate will be expected to work closely with system architects, software engineers, hardware designers and verification engineers.

Role & Responsibilities:

In this role responsibilities include, although not limited to:

• Delivery of low-level hardware drivers for Qualcomm Snapdragon Subsystems

• Manage validation and testing of the driver/hardware

• Migrate drivers to new platforms as required

• Drive innovation in software use cases

• On-going code re-factoring

• Test plan development and execution

What we are looking for:

Candidate will have a minimum of 3-5 years of experience. Candidates are expected to have:

• Experience in Low Level software development in C, C++, and Assembly.

• Excellent knowledge of ARM and RISC V processors

• Experience in automation and test/integration methodologies.

• Experience developing validation methodologies and infrastructure solutions.

• Experience with SCM tools (GIT, Perforce)

• Experience with defect tracking tools (JIRA)

• Good communication skills

• Strong debug skills

We would love to see:

• Developing and optimizing test framework and tools to create a controlled validation environment to support large scale validation.

• Designing and defining new validation strategy as well as detailed test plans.

• Lead debug efforts for issues found during Pre-silicon and Post-silicon.

• Define, design, and execute platform Pre-Silicon and Post-Silicon validation plans for current and future products.

• Provide mentorship and technical direction to a distributed team of system validation engineers for program execution.

What's on Offer:

Apart from working in an open, relaxed and collaborative space, you will enjoy:

• Salary, stock and performance related bonus

• Maternity/Paternity Leave

• Employee stock purchase scheme

• Matching pension scheme

• Education Assistance

• Relocation and immigration support (if needed)

• Life, Medical, Income and Travel Insurance

• Subsidised memberships for physical and mental well-being

• Bicycle purchase scheme

• Employee run clubs, including, running, football, chess, badminton + many more

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field.

*References to a particular number of years experience are for indicative purposes only. Applications from candidates with equivalent experience will be considered, provided that the candidate can demonstrate an ability to fulfill the principal duties of the role and possesses the required competencies.

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