CPU Core Validation Engineer (Staff/Senior Staff) - CPU Pipeline and uarch experts
Qualcomm · Posted Oct 7
Semiconductor, 5G wireless technology, mobile platform, and AI computing solutions
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About the role
Qualcomm is a technology innovator developing next-generation hardware systems, and this role sits in the CPU Validation team within Qualcomm's CPU organization in Bangalore. The team validates CPU core pipeline architecture and microarchitecture features across pre-silicon emulation and post-silicon bring-up. This engineer will develop detailed test plans and validation methodology, drive CPU core feature bring-up with design, verification, SoC bring-up and software teams, and triage and debug failures on silicon and emulators.
What you will do
- Develop detailed test plan considering the IP arch and uarch features.
- Work with CPU design and verification teams to develop CPU bring up and functional validation test plans for the IP owned.
- Develop validation methodology and test contents to exercise on emulators during pre-Si phase and on Silicon.
- Work with SOC bring up teams, software teams to plan CPU core features bringup and end to end validation.
- Triage and debug failures on Silicon.
- Develop test contents and testing strategies to assist validation of CPU on silicon.
- Work with CPU verification teams to reproduce silicon fails on emulators and FPGAs.
- Work with design team to suggest, architect new debug features to improve future CPU bringup’s.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience. OR Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience. OR PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
- BA/BS degree in CS/EE with 7 to 16 years’ experience.
- 7+ Experience in Silicon Validation and bring up.
- Implementation of assembly, C/C++ language embedded firmware
- Experience with software tool chain including assemblers, C compilers, Makefiles, and source code control tools.
Preferred qualifications
- Good understanding of micro-processor architecture, in domains such as: Cache Coherence, Memory ordering and Consistency, Prefetching, Branch Prediction, Renaming, Speculative execution, and Address Translation/Memory Management.
- Knowledge of Random Instruction Sequencing (RIS) and testing a given design, at the Block/Unit-level and Subsystem/Chip-level for proving correctness.
- Experience in writing Test plans and Assembly code.
- Ability to develop and work independently on a block/unit of the design.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Qualcomm
Qualcomm is a global leader in the development and commercialization of foundational technologies for the wireless industry, including mobile processors, 5G, and on-device artificial intelligence. The company designs and markets digital communications products, semiconductor solutions, and system software used globally across smartphones, automotive solutions, IoT devices, and computing systems. Through extensive R&D and intellectual property licensing, Qualcomm powers a highly interconnected and smarter world.
- Industry
- Semiconductors
- Company size
- 50000+ employees
- Founded
- 1985
- Location
- San Diego, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $53M raised
- 2018-11-01Grant
Leadership
President and Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer
James H. Thompson
Chief Technology Officer
Chief Marketing Officer
Ann Chaplin
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
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