Staff Engineer – SoC Validation Framework & Infrastructure

Qualcomm; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm India Private Limited is seeking an experienced Staff Engineer to develop scalable software frameworks, tools, and infrastructure for pre-silicon and post-silicon SoC validation. The role focuses on embedded/system software development, silicon bring-up, validation automation, and complex hardware-software debugging across multicore platforms.

Ideal candidates have 8–11 years in Embedded/System Software, SoC Validation or related fields, with strong skills in C/C++, Python, ARM

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field with 4+ years hardware engineering or related experience.
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field with 3+ years hardware engineering or related experience.
• PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field with 2+ years hardware engineering or related experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop scalable software frameworks, tools and infrastructure for pre-silicon and post-silicon SoC validation.
• Perform embedded/system software development and validation automation.
• Debug hardware-software issues across multicore SoC platforms using advanced tools.

Skills

C/C++

Assembly

Python

Shell

Embedded/System Software

ARMv8/ARMv9

multicore SoC architectures

Linux/RTOS

JTAG/Trace32

GCC/Clang/LLVM

Build systems

CI/CD

Education

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

Trace32

GCC/Clang/LLVM

Makefiles

Job description

Company:

Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Engineering

General Summary:

Qualcomm's System Validation & Emulation (SVE) organization is looking for an experienced Staff Engineer to develop scalable software frameworks, tools, and infrastructure for pre-silicon and post-silicon SoC validation. The role involves embedded/system software development, silicon bring-up, validation automation, and complex hardware-software debugging across multicore SoC platforms.

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.

Experience:

8-11 years mandatory

Key Skills:

• Strong programming expertise in C/C++, Assembly, Python & Shell
• Embedded/System Software and validation framework/infrastructure development
• Strong understanding of ARMv8/ARMv9, multicore and heterogeneous SoC architectures
• Experience with Linux/RTOS, boot flows, interrupts, MMU and low-level software
• Knowledge of cache coherency, memory ordering, synchronization and memory subsystems
• Hands-on experience with pre-silicon/emulation, FPGA and post-silicon validation/debug
• Debugging using JTAG/Trace32 and similar silicon debug tools
• Experience with GCC/Clang/LLVM, build systems, Makefiles and linker scripts
• Exposure to CI/CD, validation automation and regression infrastructure

Preferred:

Experience with silicon/board bring-up, hardware-software integration, reusable validation frameworks, and SoC infrastructure development.

Mandatory Experience:

Candidates must have 8-11 years of relevant industry experience in Embedded Software, System Software, SoC Validation, Silicon Enablement, Platform Software, or Validation Framework/Infrastructure Development.

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