Senior ASIC Validation Engineer
Qualcomm · Posted Nov 3
Semiconductor, 5G wireless technology, mobile platform, and AI computing solutions
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About the role
Qualcomm's ASICS Engineering group is responsible for ASIC/SoC design, verification, and validation. This role involves post-silicon bring-up and validation of ASIC/SoC products, developing low-level firmware and drivers, and debugging hardware-software integration issues. The engineer will work with hardware, RTL, and DV engineers to develop and debug complex systems.
What you will do
- Strong programming skills in C and C++ for resource-constrained systems
- Proficent in Python programming
- Excellent knowledge in low level firmware/ baremetal HW/IP driver writing.
- Root-cause analysis of silicon failures abd Hardware debug and failure isolation
- Performance characterization and Power and thermal validation
- Indepth understand of the HW is must
- Should have exposure to Hardware initialization, Validation diagnostics development and firmware optimisations
- Good knowledge of how to use embedded development tools such as JTAG and associated debug tools
- Work experience on ARM Cortex platform/ MIPS/RISC-V cpus.
- Work Experience with FPGAs based platforms is plus
- Should have good knowledge of System software stack, Power Management, High speed peripherals, USB, SDIO, Ethernet, PCIe etc and memory subsystem like DDR/LPDDR etc.
- Exposure to PCIe Gen4/Gen5/Gen6,25G/50G/100G/200G/400G Ethernet,CXL,DDR4/DDR5/LPDDR,SerDes,UCIe interface validation
- Familiarity with software configuration management tools, defect tracking tools, and peer review.
- Work experience on Heterogeneous and Multiprocessor SoC platforms.
- Exposure to Pre-Silicon environment with RTL Co-Simulations is plus point
- Experience with development environments such as Linux, Git, Jira and Confluence
- Strong communication skills to exchange ideas and work as a team
- Develop low-level drivers, bootloaders, BSPs, middleware, and application firmware.
- Work closely with hardware,RTL and DV engineers to develop and debug.
- Lead post-silicon bring-up and validation of given module of ASIC/SoC products.
- Drive debug and root-cause analysis of silicon, firmware, and system-level issues.
- Develop firmware and low-level software required for silicon bring-up, subsystem enablement, and debug.
- Debug complex hardware-software integration issues using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, JTAG/SWD debuggers, and other laboratory equipment.
- Analyze protocol traces, link training behavior, LTSSM states, error logs, and performance bottlenecks.
- Develop production-quality software, including testing, documentation, static analysis, and CI/CD/CT
- Develop Python-based automation frameworks for validation and regression testing.
- Interacting with hardware, software and other teams to validate SoCs with minimum delays
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- 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.
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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