Near-Memory Compute System Validation Engineer

QUALCOMM, Inc.; Markham; On-site; CAD 146,000 - 218,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking a system-validation engineer to develop AI, memory-stress workloads and to diagnose and fix complex hardware/software issues across SoCs.

You will collaborate across architecture, firmware, software, emulation, FPGA and silicon teams to enable silicon bring-up and productization. The role focuses on content quality, bare-metal validation content, and scalable automation, exposing you to cutting-edge SoCs across premium mobile, data center, and AI

Qualifications

• BS/MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 3+ years of memory validation, silicon validation, or platform bring-up.
• Proficiency in C/C++, Python, scripting, and low-level software development.
• Experience with silicon bring-up, validation, and root-cause analysis.

Responsibilities

• Develop AI, inference, and data-intensive bare-metal workloads to stress memory and compute subsystems.
• Root-cause complex hardware and software issues spanning SoC architecture, firmware, drivers, interconnects, memory systems, clocks, power domains, and low-power features.
• Enable silicon bring-up, qualification, and productization through deep technical analysis and cross-functional collaboration.
• Partner closely with architecture, design, firmware, software, emulation, FPGA, and silicon teams to solve challenging system-level problems.

Skills

C/C++

Python

Debugging

System-level validation

SoC architecture

Kernel debugging

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Electrical/Computer Engineering or CS

Tools

JTAG

Kernel debuggers

Lab instrumentation

Validation tools

Emulation

FPGA

Job description

Company

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

About the Team

Qualcomm’s System Validation & Emulation (SVE) team is part of the central SoC validation organization responsible for ensuring end-to-end silicon quality across pre- and post-silicon phases.

This role focuses on content quality and system-level validation enablement, offering deep exposure to Qualcomm SoCs through bare-metal validation content, scalable automation frameworks, and complex system debugs. Engineers in this role work across HW and SW boundaries to develop, validate, and scale system-level test content, ensuring high-quality silicon validation across a wide range of SoC domains.

Excellent Opportunity to work on cutting-edge SoCs across multiple product segments, including:

• Premium mobile and flagship platforms
• Data center
• AI Accelerator platform

Roles And Responsibilities

• Develop AI, inference, and data-intensive bare-metal workloads to stress memory and compute subsystems.
• Root-cause complex hardware and software issues spanning SoC architecture, firmware, drivers, interconnects, memory systems, clocks, power domains, and low-power features.
• Enable silicon bring-up, qualification, and productization through deep technical analysis and cross-functional collaboration.
• Partner closely with architecture, design, firmware, software, emulation, FPGA, and silicon teams to solve challenging system-level problems.

Required Qualifications

• BS/MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 3+ years of experience in memory validation, silicon validation, or platform bring-up.
• Strong debugging and analytical problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in C/C++, Python, scripting, and low-level software development.
• Solid understanding of SoC architecture, embedded systems, operating systems, memory hierarchy, caches, coherency & concurrency.
• Experience with silicon bring-up, validation, and root-cause analysis.
• Familiarity with JTAG, kernel debuggers, lab instrumentation, and validation tools.
• Experience working across the hardware/software boundary in highly complex systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in one or more of:
• Near-Memory Compute (NMC)
• Processing-in-Memory (PIM)
• High-Bandwidth Memory (HBM)
• LPDDR/DDR memory systems
• Memory controllers
• AI accelerators
• Knowledge on AI GEMM and GEMV operations, DMA operations, multi-threading
• AI/ML-assisted validation and debug methodologies
• Embedded firmware, device drivers, and bare-metal software
• Emulation, and post-silicon validation

Why Join Us?

Join a team driving the next generation of AI-centric memory and compute architectures, spanning High-Bandwidth Memory (HBM), Processing-in-Memory (PIM), Near-Memory Compute (NMC), 3D-stacked memory systems, and memory-compute convergence technologies.

You will work on some of the industry's most advanced SoC technologies. Your work will directly influence silicon bring-up, product readiness, and the delivery of high-quality platforms powering future generations of Data-center and AI products.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

OR

• 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.

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Pay Range And Other Compensation & Benefits

$145,600.00 - $218,400.00

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 – and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.

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