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System Hardware Validation Engineer - Cork, Ireland
System Hardware Validation Engineer - Cork, Ireland-February 2024
Cork
Feb 27, 2026
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About System Hardware Validation Engineer - Cork, Ireland

  Company:

  QT Technologies Ireland Limited

  Job Area:

  Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

  General Summary:

  About The Role

  Qualcomm offers flexible work options tailored to our employee’s needs. These include a combination of work from home and working in our brand new, state of the art office in Penrose Dock, Cork.

  Well-being and life balance are fundamental to Qualcomm as an employer. We recognise and understand that employees have missed spending quality time with loved ones and extended family.

  As such, Cork Qualcomm policy allows our employees to blend short-term remote working with annual leave.

  As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives communication and data processing transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm Engineer, you will define, model, design (digital and/or analog), optimize, verify, validate, implement, and document IP (block/SoC) development for a variety of high performance, high quality, low power world class products. Qualcomm Engineers collaborate with cross-functional groups to determine product execution path.

  The System Hardware Validation Engineer will work as part of Qualcomm’s SVE (System Validation Emulation) Team on leading technologies such as the Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset. SVE have a critical impact on getting high quality functional products to millions of customers quickly and we are hiring all levels from junior to staff roles. You will be joining a team of expert low-level validation engineers with diverse backgrounds (Synthetic OS, DDR memories, sensors, security, CPUs and caching, Nucleus RTOS, embedded systems) to test Qualcomm's next generation SoCs. As part of the system validation team you will develop or port test software to evaluate new hardware IPs.

  The successful candidate will focus development in the areas of Driver/Firmware Development and Validation, Debug and Resolution of Issues and Software Use-Case Implementation. The successful candidate will be expected to work closely with system architects, software engineers, hardware designers and verification engineers.

  Role & Responsibilities

  In this role responsibilities include, although not limited to:

  Delivery of low-level hardware drivers for Qualcomm Snapdragon Subsystems

  Manage validation and testing of the driver/hardware

  Migrate drivers to new platforms as required

  Drive innovation in software use cases

  On-going code re-factoring

  Test plan development and execution

  Required Skills

  You will have a minimum of 3-5 years of experience. Candidates are expected to have:

  Experience in Low Level software development in C, C++, and Assembly.

  Excellent knowledge of ARM and RISC V processors

  Experience in automation and test/integration methodologies.

  Experience developing validation methodologies and infrastructure solutions.

  Experience with SCM tools (GIT, Perforce)

  Experience with defect tracking tools (JIRA)

  Good communication skills

  Strong debug skills

  Preferred Skills

  Developing and optimizing test framework and tools to create a controlled validation environment to support large scale validation.

  Designing and defining new validation strategy as well as detailed test plans.

  Lead debug efforts for issues found during Pre-silicon and Post-silicon.

  Define, design, and execute platform Pre-Silicon and Post-Silicon validation plans for current and future products.

  Provide mentorship and technical direction to a distributed team of system validation engineers for program execution.

  Educational Requirements

  Required: Bachelors in Engineering (Masters preferred)

  Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering/Science or related field

  Where you will be working

  Cork has a proud reputation as Ireland's second largest economic engine and is now one of the Top 20 location choices in Europe with 39,000 people being employed by over 170 overseas companies.

  There's a growing diversity in the region with people from many nationalities relocating to Cork, relishing the opportunity to work and live in a location that offers an excellent quality of life.

  A gateway to Europe, Cork airport provides access to almost 50 international destinations including transatlantic air routes.

  Equal Opportunities

  We are an Equal Opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any protected classification.

  What's on Offer

  Apart from working in an open, relaxed and collaborative space, you will enjoy:

  Salary, stock and performance related bonus

  Maternity/Paternity Leave

  Employee stock purchase scheme

  Matching pension scheme

  Education Assistance

  Relocation and immigration support (if needed)

  Life, Medical, Income and Travel Insurance

  Subsidised memberships for physical and mental well-being

  Bicycle purchase scheme

  Employee run clubs, including, running, football, chess, badminton + many more

  Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

  OR

  Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

  OR

  PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field.

  *References to a particular number of years experience are for indicative purposes only. Applications from candidates with equivalent experience will be considered, provided that the candidate can demonstrate an ability to fulfill the principal duties of the role and possesses the required competencies.

  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.

  Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer and supports workforce diversity.

  Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.

  To all Staffing and Recruiting Agencies : Our Careers Site is only for individuals seeking a job at Qualcomm. Staffing and recruiting agencies and individuals being represented by an agency are not authorized to use this site or to submit profiles, applications or resumes, and any such submissions will be considered unsolicited. Qualcomm does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications from agencies. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Qualcomm employees or any other company location. Qualcomm is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes/applications.

  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

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