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Qualcomm Technologies International LtdEngineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

General Summary:

Qualcomm invents breakthrough technologies that transform how the world computes, connects, and communicates. Today, our inventions are the foundation for life-changing products, experiences, and industries.

Qualcomm’s Voice and Music Business Unit is a leading player in wireless earbud, headset, and smart speaker market. The business unit develops and delivers hardware, software and applications that bring together the very latest wireless and audio technologies to create industry leading audio voice and music products. You will be joining a successful engineering department whose deliveries can be found in billions of Bluetooth and Voice and Music products worldwide. We offer end-to-end solutions for leading-edge low-power mixed-signal SOCs from feasibility study through to system architecture, digital and analogue design, verification and validation, implementation and layout, embedded software design, ATE test, production, and characterisation.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.

• 2+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

• Work with DE and SOC Architect to understand the concepts and high level requirements.

• Developing Verification Methodology, ensuring scalability and portability across environments.

• Developing Verification environment, including all the respective components such as Stimulus, Checkers, Assertions, Trackers, and Coverage.

• Executing Verification Plans, including Design Bring-up, DV environment Bring-up, Regressions enabling all features under your care, and Debug of the test failures.

• Tracking and report DV progress using a variety of metrics, including Bugs and Coverage.

• Manage team project priorities and deadlines for small to mid-sized projects.

• Verification of Digital HW including DSP modules.

• Exposure to Mixed Signal Verification.

• Exposure to Low Power Verification.

• Report status and communicate progress against expectations.

• Use variety of EDA tools and able to script and automate workflow when needed.

• Excellent oral and written communications skills

• Expert in HVL such as SystemVerilog, UVM

• Strong working knowledge of digital design and SoC architecture

• Experience in creating complex test scenarios and reproducing real world failures.

• Scripting in Perl, TCL or Python

• Experience with RTL and Gate-level Power analysis

• Worked in Analog Mixed Signal Verification with SV Real number models.

• Formal Design Verification ( Jasper, VC Formal )

• Experience of design best practices and HW/FW interfaces.

• Debugging regression failures and tracking to closure through bug tracking process.

• Exposure to System C / HLS flows will be a bonus.

• Masters - Computer Engineering, Masters - Computer Science, Masters - Electrical Engineering

Work Experiences:

• 8+ years of work experience in a role requiring interaction with members of a design/development team on an in-flight project

*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.

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