Staff Engineer - Post-Si Validation
Qualcomm · Posted Sep 24
Semiconductor, 5G wireless technology, mobile platform, and AI computing solutions
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About the role
Qualcomm's Snapdragon SoC - Silicon Validation team drives the bring-up of SVE convex infrastructure and the IST framework for enabling VI content in production, working across digital and analog IP development for high-performance, low-power world-class products. As a Staff Engineer in Post-Si Validation, you will understand IP architecture, develop, port and enhance validation software content, own SoC regression suites, and run silicon debug in the lab using debug hooks to measure power, performance and coverage KPIs.
What you will do
- You will be part of Qualcomm Snapdragon SoC - Silicon Validation team, particularly in the bring up of SVE convex infra, IST framework for the enablement of VI content in production.
- Understand the IP architecture, work with IP validation teams and Systems validation Lead/system content engineer to understand the validation requirements, develop/port/enhance the validation software content and bring up.
- Own SoC frequent regression and execute end-to-end regression suite by considering SoC design corner cases wrt power and performance.
- Executing SOC validation releases on bench in lab and supporting the SLT teams in Debug and enabling different features in the framework.
- Use silicon debug hooks to measure power/performance/coverage and other KPI metrics
- Work with a relevant team member for regular reporting of issues and failure of debugs.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience. OR Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience. OR PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
- Basics of processor architecture, Multicore/Multiprocessor with SMP/MTE/heterogenous cores.
- C language expertise for low level programming, Assembly language for any processor, C-assembly interworking
- Operating systems/RTOS/Linux kernel internals, scheduling policies, locking mechanism, MMU/paging etc
- Exposure to working on emulation/pre-si environment is added advantage
- Using JTAG based debuggers, compilers/linkers
- Should have good exposure to software development life cycle
Preferred qualifications
- Exposure to SoC architecture paradigms – interconnects, power management,
- Software development for silicon enablement, silicon validation
- Bring-up of hardware-software solution on FPGA/emulation platforms and on fresh SOC designs
- Software for power/performance KPIs
- Good knowledge of ARM Cortex-A7/A8) / x86 / PowerPC CPU and memory system architecture
- Weakly ordered memory model/pipelining of memory systems/memory barriers
- Software development towards higher performance of multi-threaded applications using lower power
- Top level of ASIC design methodology is an added skill
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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