System Level Test Engineer, up to Sr.

Company:

Qualcomm Semiconductor Limited

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Engineering

General Summary:

Minimum Qualifications:

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

QUALCOMM Technologies Inc. is the world leader in supplying integrated circuit solutions for cellular wireless standards and is the number one fabless semiconductor company. The key to QTI's success is the ability to deliver to our customers complete optimized wireless platforms incorporating protocol, hardware and software, with high quality, on schedule.

In order to drive our next phase of growth in cellular, wireless peripherals and 4G/5G, we are expanding the system test and correlation group. The system level test group is responsible for characterizing system performance for Qualcomm leading-edge Snapdragon products in the most advanced processes. In this role you will be member of a team working on IC design review, IC hardware testing, software, system engineering, and customer applications.

Responsibilities for this position include working with engineering teams for early stage silicon bring-up and post-silicon validation efforts., work with software teams to evaluate integrated system performance, test and characterize HW/SW interaction, device performance at various operating conditions (voltage, process and thermal), work with the production test teams to develop effective production screens for system level issues.
 

The individual selected for the position, needs to be proactive, able to work in a fast paced dynamic environment, enthusiastic to work at times as an individual contributor and be passionate about delivering quality work.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 4-8 years of Hands on System / SW / bench test/ HW-SW interaction test experience, preferably in the mobile devices/microprocessor industry.
• Experience with characterizing Processors, Graphics, Memory, Thermal and Power performance of ASICs is required.
• Experience in developing test cases for Android-based devices is required.
• Experience in production testing (Gauge R&R, shop floor) and handling OSATS is required
• Experience in analyzing specifications, creating test plans and test execution is required.
• Thorough working knowledge of Android Architecture, Android Boot process, Kernel, Core BSP and Android Performance is required.
• Hands-on debugging/triaging experience using Android debugging tools and/or using JTAG Lauterbach/Trace32 is required.
• Work with team to develop automatic reports, dashboards, and charts to share progress growth with key stack holders.
• Required Logical reasoning and analytical skills to debug failures. Use technical expertise to identify solutions to test failures.
• Good system level understanding of the HW platforms having various peripherals like DDR, UFS, USB, Display, Camera, Power management IC is preferred.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with using measurement equipment e.g. Oscilloscopes, Power Supplies, Wireless Network Simulators, is desirable.
• Experience in Module/System in Package/Board product testing at NPI or HVM. Experience with automotive product is a plus.
• Highly motivated, fast learner, team player with good communication skills.
• Education: Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Communication and Computer Science engineering.
• Expertise / Familiarity with any one of the following is a plus,

• Characterizing high speed interfaces (HDMI, WiFi, PCIE, SATA, HSUSB)
• CMOS digital and Mixed Signal circuits such as ADC, DAC, PLL, Codecs.

• Experience in C#, .NET Framework, C/C++, Perl/Python is a plus.
• Working knowledge of system level benchmarks (e.g. like Dhrystone, , AnTuTu, Monkey Test)
• The candidate is expected to be self-driven to quickly get up to speed on various aspects of test developments & flexible to take up tasks as per the project needs.
• Experience on module testing, PCB debugs, SMT issues is required
• Should be comfortable with reading Schematics and layout files of HW systems.
• Experience working with Perforce, GIT, or other Source Control SW is required.

Education Requirements

BSEE or equivalent required, MSEE or equivalent preferred.

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