CPU Post-Silicon Performance Engineer

Qualcomm; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 148,000 - 222,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. in Santa Clara seeks a CPU Silicon Bring up and Validation Engineer to join the CPU Silicon Bringup Team. The role focuses on bringing up SoCs using Custom CPUs, from first silicon through productization, and coordinating with design, verification, and software teams.

You will develop bring-up test plans, prepare for emulation and FPGA pre-work, triage silicon failures, and contribute to debug feature development to improve future bringups.

Qualifications

• BA/BS in CS/EE with 5+ years’ experience.
• 3+ years in Silicon Validation and bring up.
• Experience with assembly and C/C++ language embedded firmware.
• Experience with software tool chain including assemblers, C compilers, Makefiles, and source code control tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop CPU bring up and validation test plans with design and verification teams.
• Prepare for CPU bring up through pre-work on emulation and FPGA platforms.
• Coordinate bring up with SOC bring up and software teams.
• Triage and debug silicon failures.
• Develop test content and strategies to validate CPU on silicon.
• Reproduce silicon fails on emulators and FPGAs with verification teams.
• Suggest and architect new debug features to improve future bringups.

Skills

5+ years’ experience in silicon bring‑

Embedded firmware (assembly, C/C++)

Software toolchain knowledge

Source control tools (Git, etc.)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science

Master’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

Assembler toolchain

C/C++ compiler toolchain

Makefiles

Source control (Git, etc.)

Job description

Company

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > CPU Engineering

General Summary

As a “CPU Silicon Bring up and Validation Engineer” you would be part of the CPU Silicon Bringup Team, within the CPU team.

The charter for CPU Silicon Bringup team would be to prepare for and support bring up of every SoC using the Custom CPUs - from first Silicon through to productization.

Roles And Responsibilities

• Work with CPU design and verification teams to develop CPU bring up and validation test plans.
• Prepare for CPU bring up through pre-work on emulation and FPGA platforms.
• Work with SOC bring up teams, software teams to plan CPU bring up.
• Triage and debug failures on Silicon.
• Develop test contents and testing strategies to assist validation of CPU on silicon.
• Work with CPU verification teams to reproduce silicon fails on emulators and FPGAs.
• Work with design team to suggest, architect new debug features to improve future CPU bringup’s.

Minimum Requirements

• BA/BS degree in CS/EE with 5+ years’ experience.
• 3+ Experience in Silicon Validation and bring up.
• Implementation of assembly, C/C++ language embedded firmware
• Experience with software tool chain including assemblers, C compilers, Makefiles, and source code control tools.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.

OR

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.

OR

PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.

Preferred Requirements

• Knowledge in Server performance – Ability to debug and analyze CPU from SPEC INT, SPEC Float and DC Perf workload analysis.
• CPU, L2/LLC, NoC, memory, and DDR performance analysis
• Emulation-based performance validation
• Thermal behavior and sustained-performance analysis
• DCVS, frequency, power, and thermal-limit correlation
• Benchmark analysis and performance-regression debug
• Correlation between emulation, Reference design, and silicon measurements
• Cross-functional issue resolution with CPU, power, firmware, and system-validation teams

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Pay Range And Other Compensation & Benefits

$147,900.00 - $221,900.00

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