NPU Design Verification Engineer (Multiple Levels)

Qualcomm • San Diego, CA

19d • $160,200 - $240,200

About The Position

Qualcomm Technologies is seeking a Design Verification Engineer to verify the function, performance, and power characteristics of a high-performance, low-power Hexagon DSP/NPU processor core and its associated subsystems. The role involves collaborating with digital architects and designers to develop verification plans, build verification environments, and execute verification strategies.

The successful candidate will own a unit and/or subsystem verification environment throughout the verification process, work with architecture, design, and implementation teams to address verification issues, and help customers verify integration of processor-core IP into larger SoC components. The engineer will also stay current with industry trends and help ensure Qualcomm remains at the leading edge of verification technology.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field and 4+ years of relevant work experience; or a master's degree in one of these fields and 3+ years of relevant work experience; or a PhD in one of these fields and 2+ years of relevant work experience.
• 2+ years of experience with high-performance microprocessor design.
• Bachelor's qualification in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, and/or Electrical Engineering.
• 5+ years of experience in digital design verification, including modern verification environments and techniques.
• Detailed understanding of SystemVerilog testbench verification environments.
• Excellent programming skills, particularly a strong background in object-oriented programming.

Nice To Haves

• Master's qualification in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, and/or Electrical Engineering.
• 5+ years of experience in processor verification.
• Knowledge of cache, memory coherency, interconnect, bus protocols, and processor integration.

Responsibilities

• Own a unit and/or subsystem verification environment through all stages of the verification process.
• Work closely with architecture, design, and implementation teams to address verification issues.
• Work with customers to help verify integration of processor-core IP into larger SoC components.
• Maintain current knowledge of industry trends and activities and take steps to keep Qualcomm at the leading edge of technology.
• Collaborate with digital architects and designers to develop verification plans, implement verification environments, and execute verification strategies.

Benefits

• Competitive annual discretionary bonus program.
• Opportunity for annual RSU grants, except for employees on sales-incentive plans.
• Competitive benefits package.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level