Company:

　　Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

　　Job Area:

　　Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

　　General Summary:

　　Qualcomm's Silicon Validation team is part of the central SoC digital hardware organization responsible for the overall quality of the SoC silicon. The validation team works closely with architects, designers, verification engineers, software engineers, and customers. The team is currently seeking candidate for Post-silicon and Emulation CPU Validation and Debug Engineer.

　　Mandatory Skills:

　　Good understanding of processor architecture, Multicore/Multiprocessor with SMP/heterogenous cores.

　　Good understanding on Cache hierarchy, coherency, and snoop concepts

　　Good Understanding of CPU Dynamic Frequency and Voltage Switching, Low Power Modes

　　C language expertise for low level programming, Assembly language for any processor.

　　Knowledge of Linux kernel internals (process scheduler, memory management, concurrency / synchronization, memory allocation, file systems) and profiling

　　Desired Skills

　　Exposure to CPU Architecture based on ARM or x86.

　　Exposure to Memory architecture, through with Weakly ordered memory model and barriers concepts

　　RISC-V architectural knowledge would be an added plus.

　　Exposure to SoC architecture paradigms – interconnects, power management.

　　Exposure to working on emulation/pre-si environment is added advantage.

　　Hands on experience with JTAG based debuggers.

　　Bring-up of hardware-software solution on emulation platforms and on fresh SOC designs.

　　ASIC digital design fundamentals and methodology would be an added advantage.

　　Responsibilities

　　Able to understand various hardware modules constituting CPU sub-system and its interfaces.

　　Ability to work with hardware design team to develop low level drivers for early enablement.

　　Chalk out hardware functional validation plan, develop test bench and execute during pre and post silicon SOC bring up phases to expose HW issues.

　　Excellent communication skills and ability to work with diverse teams to drive HW debugs to conclusion.

　　Use silicon debug hooks to measure power/performance/coverage and other KPI metrics.

　　Minimum Qualifications:

　　• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field.

　　Although this role has some expected minor physical activity, this should not deter otherwise qualified applicants from applying. If you are an individual with a physical or mental disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, please call Qualcomm’s toll-free number found here (https://qualcomm.service-now.com/hrpublic?id=hr_public_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0039028) for assistance. Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations, upon request, to support individuals with disabilities as part of our ongoing efforts to create an accessible workplace.

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　　Pay range:

　　$92,000.00 - $138,000.00

　　The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer!

　　If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers (http://www.qualcomm.com/contact/corporate) .

　　EEO Employer: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification