CPU Silicon Bringup & Validation Engineer

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

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking a CPU Silicon Bring up and Validation Engineer to join the CPU Silicon Bringup Team. You will collaborate with CPU design and verification to craft bring up plans and validate silicon from first silicon through productization.

This role involves pre-work on emulation and FPGA, coordinating with SOC bring up and software teams, and debugging silicon failures to improve future CPU bringups.

Qualifications

• BA/BS in CS/EE with 5+ years' experience.
• 3+ Experience in Silicon Validation and bring up.
• Embedded firmware in assembly, C/C++ language.
• Experience with 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 with SOC bring up and software teams to plan CPU bring up.
• Triage and debug silicon failures; reproduce issues on emulators and FPGAs.
• Develop test contents and strategies to validate CPU on silicon.
• Suggest architectural debug features to improve future bringups.

Skills

Silicon bring-up

Embedded firmware (C/C++)

Toolchain experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in EE/CS

Master's degree in EE/CS

PhD in EE/CS

Tools

Assembler tools

C/C++ compilers

Makefiles

Source control

Job description

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking a CPU Silicon Bring up and Validation Engineer to join the CPU Silicon Bringup Team. You will collaborate with CPU design and verification to craft bring up plans and validate silicon from first silicon through productization.

This role involves pre-work on emulation and FPGA, coordinating with SOC bring up and software teams, and debugging silicon failures to improve future CPU bringups.