DSP / NPU Design Verification Sr Staff Engineer
Qualcomm · Posted Oct 14
Semiconductor, 5G wireless technology, mobile platform, and AI computing solutions
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About the role
The DSP team at Qualcomm delivers high-performance DSP/NPU cores that sit at the heart of Qualcomm's multi-tier SoC roadmap targeted at mobile, AI, automotive and other markets. Qualcomm is one of the largest fabless semiconductor design companies in the world, generating over $35 Billion in annual revenues from chipsets and royalties from intellectual property. This role drives design verification of complex Qualcomm proprietary DSP/NPU IP, working with a global DSP design team across architecture, implementation, power, post-silicon and back-end teams to build SystemVerilog/UVM testbenches, verification methodologies and automation, and perform IP, subsystem and SoC-level debug including gate-level and power-aware verification.
What you will do
- Drive design verification of DSP IP by working with a global DSP design team involving architecture, implementation, power, post silicon and back-end teams.
- Implement and improve System Verilog/UVM Testbench Architecture.
- Develop and deploy new verification methodologies, automation to continuously improve quality and efficiency.
- Develop design corresponding test plans, architect and develop verification environments, and meet coverage goals.
- Hands-on simulations and ability to debug not only IP level, but Subsystem and SoC level fails and bugs.
- Complete all required verification activities at IP level and ensure high quality commercial success of our products.
- Assertions, simulation, formal verification (static property checking), HW-SW co-verification, constraint/HVL-based verification, simulation acceleration, emulation are all tools you will use on a daily basis.
- Responsible gate level simulation bring-up, gate level verification with timing simulations.
- Responsible for power aware RTL verification and gate level simulation.
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 6+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience. OR Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 5+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience. OR PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
- Position for 12+ years of experience in design verification of complex Qualcomm propriety DSP/NPU IP
- 12+ years experience in processor/ASIC design verification
- Solid background and understanding of Digital Design, Processor Architecture , Processor Verification and Power aware verification.
- Expertise in System Verilog Testbench Architecture and implementation.
- Gate-Level Simulation and Debug — 0-delay, timing annotated and power aware.
- Experience in System Verilog/UVM, and with simulators from Synopsys/Mentor/Cadence .
- Scripting/Automation Skills — Perl, Python, Shell, Make file TCI .
- Solid analytical and debugging skills, strong knowledge of digital design and good understanding of Object Oriented Programming (OOP) concepts.
- Experience in creating validation suite and building automation.
- Should have excellent inter-personal and communication skills.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience in writing C based and assembly level testcases is preferred.
- Exposure to power aware implementation and verification using UPF is a plus.
- Experience with advanced verification techniques such as formal and assertions is a plus.
- Experience in Hardware verification languages (HVL) such as SystemVerilog testbench (OVM/UVM) and SystemC and Hardware description languages (HDL) such as Verilog, SystemVerilog is preferred.
- Experience in verification of Processor subsystems is preferred.
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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