Microprocessor Silicon Validation and Optimization Engineer-Staff

Qualcomm•Austin, TX

79d•$140,000 - $210,000

About The Position

Working on cutting edge microprocessors development is one of the most exciting, challenging, and rewarding jobs in the field of computer engineering. At Qualcomm, Engineers are never constrained, limited, or even bounded when it comes to innovation, excellence, and career-advancement. The position offer candidates with depth and breadth on latest microprocessors powering mobile phones, mobile compute, AI engines, and even servers. The candidate will be a technical lead for pre-silicon and post silicon validation and enablement of microprocessors on SoC. Technical engagement included test development, pre-silicon verification, Presilicon emulation, silicon bring-up, silicon system detailed characterization, customer debug support, and optimization.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
Masters or Bachelor degree in electrical/computer/Software engineering or higher
Thorough knowledge of microprocessor/cache-memory architecture and microarchitecture
Experienced in Software/Algorithms development for functional validation and detailed debug
Experienced in Software/Algorithms development for functional silicon characterization on system.
Ability to map Silicon scenarios to design verification environment and engage with design for root cause debug.
Communication covering silicon data analysis, interpretation, effective summary, silicon status reports are essential skills
Candidates should be fluent in C/C++
Strong familiarity in assembly(ARM, DSP, i32, etc.)
5+ years of working experience on microprocessor verification(front-end) or validation (Silicon) with strong engagement on silicon

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.
6+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
2+ years of experience with architecture and design tools.
2+ years of experience with scripting tools and programming languages.
2+ years of experience with design verification methods.
1+ year of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership (e.g., Director level and above).