CPU Post-Silicon Validation Engineer - Multiple Levels (San Diego, Santa Clara, and Austin)

AECOM; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 139,000 - 235,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a CPU Silicon Bringup and Validation Engineer to join their dynamic team. In this role, you will collaborate with design and verification teams to develop comprehensive test plans for CPU validation. Your expertise in Silicon validation and embedded firmware will be essential as you prepare for CPU bring up from initial Silicon to productization. This position offers a unique opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology, ensuring the performance and reliability of custom CPUs. Join a forward-thinking company that values innovation and provides a competitive compensation package along with a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Competitive annual discretionary bonus

Annual RSU grants

Comprehensive benefits package

Support for work-life balance

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Silicon Validation and bring up.
• Strong understanding of micro-processor architecture and power management.

Responsibilities

• Develop CPU bring up and validation test plans.
• Triage and debug failures on Silicon.
• Work with design teams to improve future CPU bringups.

Skills

Silicon Validation

C/C++ Embedded Firmware

Debugging Skills

Test Development

Micro-processor Architecture

Power Management

Education

BA/BS in Computer Science/Electrical Engineering

Tools

Software Tool Chain

C Compilers

Source Code Control Tools

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:

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

Minimum Requirements:

1. BA/BS degree in CS/EE with 5+ years’ experience.
2. 3+ Experience in Silicon Validation and bring up.
3. Implementation of assembly, C/C++ language embedded firmware.
4. Experience with software tool chain including assemblers, C compilers, Makefiles, and source code control tools.

Preferred Requirements:

1. Strong understanding of micro-processor architecture.
2. Strong understanding of power management, physical design concepts.
3. Experience in Silicon bring up and validation of CPU features.
4. Experience in debug of functional, power, performance, physical design issues, speed path debug on silicon.
5. Experience in CPU design and verification.
6. Experience in Test development for validation of CPU features on Silicon.
7. Experience in development of test vectors for tester bring up.

Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e-mail [e-mail] or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found here (https://qualcomm.service-now.com/hrpublic?id=hr_public_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0039028). Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process.

Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:

$139,000.00 - $234,500.00

The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play.

If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers (http://www.qualcomm.com/contact/corporate).