CPU Verification Engineer — Launch‑Ready Cores

QUALCOMM, Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); Hybrid; USD 176,000 - 263,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. in Santa Clara, CA is seeking a Design Verification Engineer to validate CPU and SOC micro-architectures. You will develop verification environments, test plans, and testbenches, and drive regressions and debugging across the DV stack.

The role emphasizes collaboration with CPU/SoC Architects and leadership of verification tasks to ensure launch-readiness for end products.

Qualifications

• BS degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Computer Science.
• Experience in CPU/SoC verification concepts and micro-architectures.
• Experience leading small verification teams is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Work with CPU and SOC Architects to understand high-level system requirements.
• Develop test and coverage plans based on architecture and micro-architecture.
• Develop verification environments including stimulus, checkers, assertions, trackers and coverage.
• Create verification plans and testbenches for functional domains.
• Execute plans, enable regressions, debug failures, and report DV progress using metrics.

Skills

Micro-processor verification

RIS testing

Testbench development

Debugging

Team collaboration

Education

BS in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

Simulators

Coverage tools

Gate-level Simulation

Waveform viewers

Mixed signal verification

Job description

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. in Santa Clara, CA is seeking a Design Verification Engineer to validate CPU and SOC micro-architectures. You will develop verification environments, test plans, and testbenches, and drive regressions and debugging across the DV stack.

The role emphasizes collaboration with CPU/SoC Architects and leadership of verification tasks to ensure launch-readiness for end products.