Senior Emulation Performance Methodology & Debug Engineer

Qualcomm; Tijuana; On-site; MXN 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm’s Emulation Team within the Central SoC Digital Hardware Organization seeks candidates with experience in emulation platforms, FPGA prototyping, and system-level verification to advance pre-silicon SoC development.

The role involves working with architects, designers, verification engineers, software teams, and customers to deploy uniform methodologies and debug across FPGA-based platforms, with emphasis on Verilog/SystemVerilog, C, Python, and TCL.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field with 4+ years ASIC-related work experience

Responsibilities

• Contribute to development and support of SoC pre-silicon platforms.
• Collaborate with Architects, Designers, Verification Engineers, Software Engineers, and Customers.
• Work on emulation platforms and debugging across FPGA-based implementations.

Skills

Verilog/SystemVerilog

C programming

Python

TCL

FPGA timing closure

JTAG debugging

System Verilog debugging

Education

Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field

Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field

PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

FPGA Prototyping (Veloce, Palladium)

Synthesis

Place and Route

Constraints

Clocking

Timing Closure

Waveform generation

Content Debug support

JTAG

Job description

Company

QUALCOMM SEMICONDUCTORES Y SISTEMAS AVANZADOS DE BAJA CALIFORNIA

Job Area

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

Minimum Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

OR

Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

OR

PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

Preferred Requirements

5+ years of experience working in emulation and silicon environments.

General Summary

As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives communication and data processing transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all.

Qualcomm's Emulation Team Is Part Of The Central SoC Digital Hardware Organization Responsible For The Overall Development And Support Of SoC Pre-silicon Platforms. The Emulation Team Works Closely With Architects, Designers, Verification Engineers, Software Engineers, And Customers. The Team Is Currently Seeking Candidates With Experience In The Following Technical Disciplines, Languages, And Methodologies:

• Emulation Platforms (FPGA Prototyping, Veloce, Palladium), Emulation tools (Synthesis, Place and Route, Constraints, Clocking, Timing Closure), System Debug (Waveform generation and Content Debug support)
• SoC Functionality (CPU/DSP Core, Multimedia, IO, Peripherals, DDR, Modem, Bus Protocols)

Preferred Requirements

4+ years of experience working in emulation and silicon environments. Candidates are expected to have experience in:

• Design, development, and deployment of uniform global methodologies for emulation build generation and debug across FPGA based emulation platforms of various configurations
• Cross-site collaboration, vendor engagements, and executive communication
• Pre-silicon prototyping for new SoC designs, including pre-silicon enablement and bring-up
• Bring-up of new FPGA emulation/prototyping hardware and software
• Debugging low level software and hardware issues
• Debug tools including JTAG and kernel debuggers
• Validation and debug of digital circuits
• CPU and SoC architectures, with solid understanding of SoC building blocks (interconnects, power management, PMIC, NoC, peripherals)
• Basic understanding of power and performance
• Expertise in Verilog / SystemVerilog
• Experience with C programming
• Scripting: Proficient in Python, TCL
• FPGA Expertise: Xilinx/Intel FPGAs, Tools, and timing closure techniques

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

OR

Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

OR

PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field.

Applicants

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