RISCV CPU Design Verification Staff Engineer

Qualcomm; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm in Bangalore is hiring a Hardware Engineer to lead verification for RISC V based CPUs. You will develop verification plans and work closely with cross-functional teams to meet performance requirements. The role demands strong expertise in CPU architecture, C/C++ programming, and verification methodologies.

The ideal candidate has at least 5 years of Hardware Engineering experience, with a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field. Join Qualcomm to drive digital transformation in technology!

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Hardware Engineering.
• Experience with verification of CPU architectures.
• Knowledge of power management features in CPUs.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute verification plans for CPU units.
• Use simulation methodologies to execute test plans.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to validate use cases.
• Debug failures in simulation and emulation.
• Implement assembly and C language tests for CPUs.

Skills

C/C++ Programming

Verification methodologies

Digital logic design

CPU architecture

Scripting languages

Education

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

Master's degree in related field

PhD in related field

Tools

Verilog/System Verilog

FPGA

Simulation tools

Job description

Company: Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area: 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 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.

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

Roles and Responsibilities

• Develop and execute verification plans for units and features of a CPU design.
• Use simulation and formal verification methodologies to execute test plans, develop testbench components like checkers, assertions, stimulus generators.
• Work closely with system architects, design team, 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.
• Implementation of assembly and C language tests for verifying CPU architecture.
• Experience in C/C++, scripting languages, HDLs like Verilog/System Verilog.
• Good understanding of CPU architectures and CPU micro‑architectures. Industry experience with CPU architecture (eg: x86, ARM, MIPS, RISCV, POWER) will be a plus.
• Experience in verification of power management features such as clock gating, power gating, UPF, DVFS/DCVS, reliability, throttling etc.

Preferred Requirements

• Strong understanding of power management features in CPUs and CPU based SoCs.
• 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.

Additional Qualifications

• BE/BTech degree in CS/EE with 4+ years’ experience.

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