CPU Design Sr Staff Verification Engineer

Qualcomm; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm is looking for DV engineers in Bangalore to verify cutting-edge CPUs. The role involves power management verification including Boot, Reset, clock gating, and working closely with development teams to craft and execute detailed test plans.

A successful candidate will have a strong background in Hardware Engineering, with a Bachelor’s degree or higher and relevant experience, especially in power management verification and programming skills in C/C++. This position also promotes an inclusive work environment.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• Experience in implementation of assembly and C language embedded firmware.
• Strong understanding of power management features in CPUs.

Responsibilities

• Verify power management verification including Boot, Reset, clock gating.
• Develop comprehensive test plan with design teams.
• Use simulation and formal verification methodologies to execute test plans.

Skills

Experience in power management verification

C/C++ programming

Scripting languages

Verilog/System Verilog

Understanding of CPU architectures

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

PhD in Computer Science or related field

BE/BTech degree in CS/EE

Job description

General Summary

Qualcomm is hiring strong DV engineers to verify high performance and low power CPUs in Bangalore. Please forward your profiles if you meet the requirement.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Responsible for power management verification includes Boot, Reset, clock gating, power gating, Voltage/frequency management, limit management and throttling.
• Work closely with design/verification teams within CPU to develop comprehensive test plan.
• Use simulation and formal verification methodologies to execute test plans. Write checkers, assertions and develop stimulus.
• Verify power intent through use of methodologies like UPF.
• Work closely with system architects, software teams and Soc team to validate system use cases.
• Work closely with emulation team to enable verification on emulators and FPGA platforms.
• Debug and triage failures in simulation, emulation and/or Silicon.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• BE/BTech degree in CS/EE with 12+ years’ experience.
• Experience in power management verification.
• Implementation of assembly and C language embedded firmware.
• Experience in C/C++, scripting languages, Verilog/system Verilog.
• Strong understanding of power management features in CPUs and CPU based Socs.
• Experience in verification of power management features such as clock gating, power gating, UPF, DVFS/DCVS, reliability, throttling etc.

Preferred Requirements

• Good Understanding of CPU architectures and CPU micro-architectures.
• In-depth knowledge of digital logic design, micro-processor, debug feature, and DFT architecture and microarchitecture.
• Experience with advanced verification techniques such as formal and assertions is a plus.
• Knowledge and verification experience in DFT and structural debug concepts and methodologies: JTAG, IEEE1500, MBIST, scan dump, memory dump is a plus.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Applicants: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. Qualcomm also commits to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities.