Emulation Performance/Debug Engineer

QUALCOMM, Inc.; Markham; On-site; CAD 172,000 - 258,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking an experienced engineer for emulation and silicon environments, focusing on FPGA prototyping, emulation tools, and system debug to enable reliable pre-silicon bring-up across multi-site platforms.

You will work on CPU/DSP cores, multimedia pipelines, and interconnects while collaborating with global teams, driving uniform methodologies and debugging complex hardware/software issues.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field with 2+ years ASIC design/verification/validation/integration experience.
• Master's degree with 1+ year ASIC experience or PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Emulation Platforms: FPGA prototyping, emulation tools, system debug support.
• SoC functionality: CPU/DSP core, multimedia, IO, peripherals, DDR, modem, bus protocols.

Skills

Verilog/SystemVerilog

C programming

Python

TCL

FPGA experience

SoC architectures

Education

Bachelor's degree in Science/Engineering

Master's degree in Science/Engineering

PhD in Science/Engineering

Tools

JTAG

Kernel debuggers

FPGA tools and timing closure

Job description

Company

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

General Summary

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.

Responsibilities

• Emulation Platforms (FPGA Prototyping, Veloce, Palladium), Emulation tools (Synthesis, Place and Route, Constraints, Clocking, Timing Closure), System Debug (Waveform generation and Content Debug support)
• SoC Functionality (CPU/DSP Core, Multimedia, IO, Peripherals, DDR, Modem, Bus Protocols)

Preferred Requirements

• 5+ years of experience working in emulation and silicon environments. Candidates are expected to have experience in:
• Design, development, and deployment of uniform global methodologies for emulation build generation and debug across FPGA based emulation platforms of various configurations
• Cross-site collaboration, vendor engagements, and executive communication
• Pre-silicon prototyping for new SoC designs, including pre-silicon enablement and bring-up
• Bring-up of new FPGA emulation/prototyping hardware and software
• Debugging low level software and hardware issues
• Debug tools including JTAG and kernel debuggers
• Validation and debug of digital circuits
• CPU and SoC architectures, with solid understanding of SoC building blocks (interconnects, power management, PMIC, NoC, peripherals)
• Basic understanding of power and performance
• Expertise in Verilog / SystemVerilog
• Experience with C programming
• Scripting: Proficient in Python, TCL
• FPGA Expertise: Xilinx/Intel FPGAs, Tools, and timing closure techniques

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.

Pay Range And Other Compensation & Benefits

$121,800.00 - $182,600.00

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.

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.

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.

Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process for individuals with a disability. Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities.