ASIC Validation Engineer

Qualcomm; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm India Private Limited is seeking a hardware-oriented software engineer with strong C/C++ skills and embedded systems experience for target-specific driver development and firmware optimization. You will collaborate across hardware, RTL, and DV teams to ensure robust ASIC/SoC bring-up and validation.

The role requires hands-on debugging with JTAG, experience with ARM Cortex platforms, and familiarity with Linux, Git, Jira, and Confluence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or higher in CS/EE with hardware exposure.
• Experience with pre-silicon/RTL co-simulations is a plus.
• Experience with ARM Cortex/MIPS/RISC-V and FPGA platforms is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Develop low-level drivers, bootloaders, BSPs, and middleware.
• Collaborate with hardware, RTL, and DV teams for debugging.
• Lead post-silicon bring-up and validation of ASIC/SoC modules.
• Drive root-cause analysis of silicon, firmware, and system issues.
• Create production-quality software with tests and CI/CD processes.
• Develop Python automation for validation and regression testing.

Skills

C programming

C++

Python

Embedded systems

Linux

JTAG debugging

Hardware debugging

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE

Master's degree in CS/EE

PhD in CS/EE

Tools

Git

Jira

Confluence

PCIe validation tools

Job description

Company

Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

General Summary

Strong programming skills in C and C++ for resource-constrained systems Proficent in Python programming Excellent knowledge in low level firmware/ baremetal HW/IP driver writing Root-cause analysis of silicon failures abd Hardware debug and failure isolation Performance characterization and Power and thermal validation Indepth understand of the HW is must Should have exposure to Hardware initialization, Validation diagnostics development and firmware optimisations Good knowledge of how to use embedded development tools such as JTAG and associated debug tools Work experience on ARM Cortex platform/ MIPS/RISC-V cpus. Work Experience with FPGAs based platforms is plus Should have good knowledge of System software stack, Power Management, High speed peripherals, USB, SDIO,Ethernet,PCIe etc and memory subsystem like DDR/LPDDR etc. Exposure to PCIe Gen4/Gen5/Gen6,25G/50G/100G/200G/400G Ethernet,CXL,DDR4/DDR5/LPDDR,SerDes,UCIe interface validation Familiarity with software configuration management tools, defect tracking tools, and peer review. Work Experience with FPGAs based platforms is plus Work experience on Heterogeneous and Multiprocessor SoC platforms. Exposure to Pre-Silicon environment with RTL Co-Simulations is plus point Experience with development environments such as Linux, Git, Jira and Confluence Strong communication skills to exchange ideas and work as a team

Responsibilities

• Develop low-level drivers, bootloaders, BSPs, middleware, and application firmware.
• Work closely with hardware,RTL and DV engineers to develop and debug.
• Lead post-silicon bring-up and validation of given module of ASIC/SoC products.
• Drive debug and root-cause analysis of silicon, firmware, and system-level issues.
• Develop firmware and low-level software required for silicon bring-up, subsystem enablement, and debug.
• Debug complex hardware-software integration issues using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, JTAG/SWD debuggers, and other laboratory equipment.
• Analyze protocol traces, link training behavior, LTSSM states, error logs, and performance bottlenecks.
• Develop production-quality software, including testing, documentation, static analysis, and CI/CD/CT
• Develop Python-based automation frameworks for validation and regression testing.
• Interacting with hardware, software and other teams to validate SoCs with minimum delays

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field.

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