NOC DV Engineer
Qualcomm · Posted Oct 15
Semiconductor, 5G wireless technology, mobile platform, and AI computing solutions
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About the role
Qualcomm's Engineering Group (ASICS Engineering) plans, designs, optimizes, verifies, and tests electronic systems and silicon for next-generation products. This role sits in design verification, targeting complex AI, Networking, Datacenter, HPC, and Interconnect IPs and sub-systems. The engineer will independently drive verification from architecture understanding through signoff-quality closure using SystemVerilog/UVM, protocol verification, and regression automation.
What you will do
- Expert in SystemVerilog (SV) and UVM, with hands-on experience in building reusable verification environments, UVCs/agents, sequences, scoreboards, checkers, assertions, and coverage infrastructure.
- Strong expertise in verification planning, constrained-random verification, SVA, functional coverage closure, regression management, and signoff methodologies.
- Proven ability to independently own and execute IP/Sub-System DV from specification review to verification closure.
- Strong debugging skills across RTL, protocol, architecture, performance, and testbench issues, with demonstrated root-cause analysis capability.
- Experience in verifying NoC, coherent/non-coherent interconnects, memory/cache subsystems, AI accelerators, or complex data movement fabrics.
- Deep protocol verification expertise in one or more of:
- PCIe (Gen4/5/6)
- USB (USB3.x/USB4)
- Ethernet (10G/25G/100G/400G+)
- CXL
- Other high-speed serial/networking protocols
- Experience with AI Scale-Up / Scale-Out Interconnects such as UAL, UMAC, eSUN, or equivalent accelerator cluster fabrics.
- Strong understanding of AMBA protocols (AXI, AHB, ACE, CHI) and coherency architectures.
- Knowledge of performance verification, QoS validation, congestion analysis, scalability testing, and system-level qualification.
- Proficiency in Python, Shell, Perl, or Tcl for regression automation, infrastructure development, and productivity enhancement.
- Familiarity with industry-standard simulators, debug tools, coverage tools, CI/CD workflows, emulation, and verification automation frameworks.
- Strong collaboration, communication, technical leadership, and execution skills with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
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 3+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience. OR Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience. OR PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
- B.Tech/M.Tech in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, VLSI, or related disciplines from reputed Tier-1 institutions (IITs, NITs, IIITs, BITS, or equivalent).
- Relevant industry experience aligned with the position level, demonstrating strong expertise in Design Verification, SV/UVM methodologies, protocol verification, and architecture-driven validation.
- Proven history of technical ownership and successful delivery of complex IP, Sub-System, or SoC verification programs.
Preferred qualifications
- Verification experience in SoC, AI/ML Accelerators, Networking, Datacenter, Multi-Die, or HPC platforms.
- Exposure to SystemC/TLM modeling, performance modeling, emulation/prototyping, and post-silicon correlation.
- Track record of delivering first-pass verification closure for complex IPs and subsystems.
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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