Staff Engineer – SOC Design Verification

Qualcomm; Dadri; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm India Private Limited is seeking a Hardware Engineer to plan, design, verify and test electronic systems and SoCs for next-generation mobile and compute silicon. You will work within the Engineering Group - Hardware Engineering, collaborating across teams to meet stringent performance targets.

The role demands deep hands-on experience in SoC verification, SystemVerilog/UVM based environments, and strong debugging skills, with good knowledge of PCIe, LPDDR4/5, and related interfaces.

Qualifications

• 7 to 10 years of hands-on experience in SoC Design Verification.
• Strong understanding of SoC design and verification methodologies.
• Proficiency in Verilog, System-Verilog, UVM, SVA, and PSS.

Responsibilities

• Be part of the verification team responsible for delivering Qualcomm's next-generation SoCs.
• Develop verification environments and testbenches from scratch at SoC, subsystem and IP/core levels.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet performance requirements.

Skills

SoC verification

Testbench development

Root-cause analysis

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE/Engineering

Master's degree in CS/EE/Engineering

PhD in CS/EE/Engineering

Tools

Verilog

SystemVerilog

UVM

SVA

PSS

Python

Perl

TCL

Bash

Verdi

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 4+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• ORMaster's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
• ORPhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

Key Expectations

• Solid industry experience in SoC Design Verification.
• Strong expertise in developing verification environments and testbenches from scratch at the SoC, subsystem, and IP/core levels.
• Hands-on experience with assertion development, debugging, and verification methodologies.
• Proficiency in Verilog, System-Verilog, UVM, SVA, and industry-standard verification flows.
• Good understanding of SoC architectures, boot flows, CPU architectures (RISC-V/ARM), power management concepts, and system-level verification challenges.
• Experience with industry-standard protocols and interfaces such as AXI, AHB, CHI, LPDDR4/5, PCIe, USB, QUPSS, and other peripherals.

Preferred Skills

• Strong expertise in SoC Design Verification, including System-Verilog/UVM-based verification, testbench architecture, DDR, multimedia subsystems, bus protocols, CPU validation, peripherals, boot flow verification, and power-aware simulation methodologies.

Opportunity

Be part of the verification team responsible for delivering Qualcomm's next-generation mobile and compute SoCs, working on cutting-edge technologies and complex system-level verification challenges.

Job Requirements

• 7 to 10 years of hands-on experience in SoC Design Verification.
• Proven experience in SoC-level testbench architecture, test development, and test plan creation.
• Strong understanding of SoC design and verification methodologies.
• Hands-on proficiency in Verilog, System-Verilog, UVM, SVA, and PSS.
• Experience with industry-standard communication and interface protocols such as PCIe Gen5/6, USB 3.x/4, LPDDR4/5, QUP, eMMC, SD, and UFS.
• Knowledge of processor architectures including RISC-V, ARM, and NoC/Interconnect architectures.
• Strong understanding of power management concepts and power-aware verification methodologies.
• Exposure to Gate-Level Simulation (GLS) is highly desirable.
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Perl, TCL, or Bash for automation and productivity improvement.
• Hands-on experience with waveform debugging tools such as Verdi and strong root-cause analysis skills.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams.

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