CPU Design Verification Principal Engineer

Nutanix; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm India Private Limited is seeking a Hardware Engineer to plan, design and verify power management for high-performance CPUs in Bangalore. You will collaborate with CPU design/verification teams to develop test plans and verify power management features across UPF, DVFS, and related technologies.

The role requires strong C/C++, SystemVerilog/Verilog skills and experience with embedded firmware, DFT concepts, and cross-functional teamwork in a fast-paced hardware environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• Master's degree with 7+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• PhD with 6+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• BE/BTech CS/EE with 4+ 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.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for power management verification including Boot, Reset, clock gating, power gating, voltage/frequency management, limit management and throttling.
• Work with design/verification teams within CPU to develop comprehensive test plans.
• Use simulation and formal verification methodologies to execute test plans; write checkers, assertions and stimulus.
• Verify power intent through UPF and related methodologies.
• Collaborate with system architects, software teams and SoC team to validate system use cases.
• Coordinate with emulation team to enable verification on emulators and FPGA platforms.
• Debug and triage failures in simulation, emulation and/or silicon.

Skills

C/C++

SystemVerilog

Verilog

Scripting

Power mgmt

CPU architectures

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE/Eng

Master's degree in CS/EE/Eng

PhD in CS/EE/Eng

BE/BTech CS/EE with 4+ yrs

Job description

Company:

Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Engineering

General Summary:

As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm Hardware Engineer, you will plan, design, optimize, verify, and test electronic systems, bring-up yield, circuits, mechanical systems, Digital/Analog/RF/optical systems, equipment and packaging, test systems, FPGA, and/or DSP systems that launch cutting-edge, world class products. Qualcomm Hardware Engineers collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop solutions and meet performance requirements.

Qualcomm is hiring strong DV engineers to verify high performance and low power CPUs in Bangalore.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 8+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 7+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 6+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

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 4+ 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

Applicants:

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