NPU Staff Design Verification Engineer

QUALCOMM, Inc.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 8,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm India Private Limited is seeking a Hardware Engineer with extensive experience in DSP/ASIC design verification. You will work on verifying Qualcomm's DSP/IP cores, develop testbenches, and collaborate across architecture, design, and back-end teams to ensure high-quality outcomes.

The role emphasizes SystemVerilog/UVM, power-aware verification, and extensive debugging across IP, subsystems, and SoC levels. Strong scripting and HDL skills are essential for efficient validation.

Qualifications

• 12+ years experience in processor/ASIC design verification.
• Strong background in Digital Design, Processor Architecture, Verification and Power-aware verification.
• Expertise in SystemVerilog Testbench Architecture and implementation.
• Experience with C-based and assembly-level testcases is preferred.
• Exposure to UPF-based power-aware verification is a plus.
• Knowledge of formal verification and assertions is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Drive design verification of DSP IP with global teams.
• Implement and improve SystemVerilog/UVM Testbench Architecture.
• Develop verification methodologies and automation to improve quality.
• Create verification environments and meet coverage goals.
• Perform hands-on simulations and debug IP, subsystems and SoC level issues.
• Execute gate-level simulation bring-up and timing simulations.

Skills

DSP/ASIC verification

SystemVerilog/UVM

Power-aware verification

Debugging

Scripting (Python/Perl)

C/assembly testcases

Formal verification

HW-SW co-verification

Gate-level simulation

OOP concepts

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE (or related)

Master's degree in CS/EE (or related)

PhD in CS/EE (or related)

Tools

SystemVerilog/UVM

Verilog/SystemVerilog

SystemC

UPF (power)

Synopsys/Mentor/Cadence tools

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 6+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 5+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

Job Summary:

• Position for 8+ years of experience in design verification of complex Qualcomm propriety DSP/NPU IP
• DSP team is responsible for delivering high-performance DSP/NPU cores which are at the heart of Qualcomm's multi-tier SoC roadmap targeted for mobile space, AI, Automotive and more.
• Qualcomm is one of the largest fabless semiconductor design companies in the world, generating over $35 Billion in annual revenues from chipsets and royalties from intellectual property.

Job Responsibilities:

• Drive design verification of DSP IP by working with a global DSP design team involving architecture, implementation, power, post silicon and back-end teams.
• Implement and improve System Verilog/UVM Testbench Architecture.
• Develop and deploy new verification methodologies, automation to continuously improve quality and efficiency.
• Develop design corresponding test plans, architect and develop verification environments, and meet coverage goals.
• Hands-on simulations and ability to debug not only IP level, but Subsystem and SoC level fails and bugs.
• Complete all required verification activities at IP level and ensure high quality commercial success of our products.
• Assertions, simulation, formal verification (static property checking), HW-SW co-verification, constraint/HVL-based verification, simulation acceleration, emulation are all tools you will use on a daily basis.
• Responsible gate level simulation bring-up, gate level verification with timing simulations.
• Responsible for power aware RTL verification and gate level simulation.

Skillset/Experience:

• 12+ years experience in processor/ASIC design verification
• Solid background and understanding of Digital Design, Processor Architecture , Processor Verification and Power aware verification.
• Expertise in System Verilog Testbench Architecture and implementation.
• Experience in writing C based and assembly level testcases is preferred.
• Exposure to power aware implementation and verification using UPF is a plus.
• Experience with advanced verification techniques such as formal and assertions is a plus.
• Gate-Level Simulation and Debug — 0-delay, timing annotated and power aware.
• Experience in System Verilog/UVM, and with simulators from Synopsys/Mentor/Cadence .
• Scripting/Automation Skills — Perl, Python, Shell, Make file TCI .
• Solid analytical and debugging skills, strong knowledge of digital design and good understanding of Object Oriented Programming (OOP) concepts.
• Experience in Hardware verification languages (HVL) such as SystemVerilog testbench (OVM/UVM) and SystemC and Hardware description languages (HDL) such as Verilog, SystemVerilog is preferred.
• Experience in verification of Processor subsystems is preferred.
• Experience in creating validation suite and building automation.
• Should have excellent inter-personal and communication skills.

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