CPU Post-Silicon Validation Engineer - Multiple Levels

Qualcomm • Portland, OR

71d • $139,000 - $234,500 • Remote

About The Position

As a "CPU Silicon Bring up and Validation Engineer" you would be part of the CPU Silicon Bringup Team, within the CPU team. The charter for CPU Silicon Bringup team would be to prepare for and support bring up of every SoC using the Custom CPUs - from first Silicon through to productization.

Requirements

• BA/BS degree in CS/EE with 5+ years' experience.
• 3+ 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.

Nice To Haves

• Strong understanding of micro-processor architecture.
• Strong understanding of power management, physical design concepts.
• Experience in Silicon bring up and validation of CPU features.
• Experience in debug of functional, power, performance, physical design issues, speed path debug on silicon.
• Experience in CPU design and verification.
• Experience in Test development for validation of CPU features on Silicon.
• Experience in development of test vectors for tester bring up.

Responsibilities

• Work with CPU design and verification teams to develop CPU bring up and validation test plans.
• Prepare for CPU bring up through pre-work on emulation and FPGA platforms.
• Work with SOC bring up teams, software teams to plan CPU bring up.
• 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.

Benefits

• Competitive annual discretionary bonus program.
• Opportunity for annual RSU grants.
• Highly competitive benefits package designed to support success at work, at home, and at play.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees