CPU Post Si Validation Sr Lead Engineer

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

Job summary

Qualcomm India Private Limited is seeking a Hardware Engineer to plan, design, verify and test electronic systems, including CPU subsystems, for cutting-edge products. You will work across bare-metal, Linux, and hypervisor environments to validate CPU features, DVFS, power management, and related firmware interfaces.

Qualifications span Bachelors, Masters, or PhD with progressively responsible hardware experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 3+ years hardware engineering or related work experience.
• Master's degree with 2+ years hardware engineering or related work experience.
• PhD with 1+ year hardware engineering or related work experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain CPU subsystem validation infrastructure in bare-metal and OS environments.
• Execute and debug functional validation for custom CPU features.
• Enable and validate low-power and DVFS features for CPU domains.
• Provide debugging and profiling support across bare-metal and full-stack environments.

Skills

CPU architecture knowledge

Low-level firmware

Device drivers

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Science or related field

Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field

PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Linux kernel

RTOS

Hypervisors

DSP/FPGA

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.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• OR
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• OR
• PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

Focus Areas:

Experience Required: 4 to 15 Years

• Development and maintenance of CPU subsystem validation infrastructure, involving both bare-metal and OS-based full-stack environments (such as TFA, Linux, hypervisor, TEE).
• Execution and debugging of functional validation for custom CPU features.
• Enablement and validation of low-power and DVFS (Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling) features for CPU domains.
• Debugging and profiling support across bare-metal and full-stack environments.

Required Skills:

CPU Microarchitecture Knowledge:

• ARM v8/v9 architecture (preferred).
• Low-level firmware and architecture-specific code.

Subsystem Fundamentals:

• Caches, MMU, interrupts, debug subsystems, and exception handling.

Software-Hardware Stack Expertise:

• Experience with one or more of RTOS, Linux kernel, trusted firmware, hypervisors, and device drivers.
• Strong bring-up and debugging skills in complex environments.

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