Emulation Performance Engineer — Pre-Silicon Debug

Qualcomm; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 122,000 - 183,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. seeks an experienced engineer for the Emulation Team within the Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering.

You will contribute to pre-silicon SoC platforms, working with FPGA prototyping, emulation tools, and debug workflows across CPU/DSP cores, multimedia blocks, and NoC. The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration with architects, designers, verification and software teams, with required expertise in Verilog/SystemVerilog, C, Python/TCL, and FPGA/SoC experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Engineering, or related field with 2+ years ASIC design/verification experience.
• Master’s degree with 1+ year ASIC experience.
• PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Develop and support pre-silicon SoC platforms and emulation flows.
• Collaborate with architects, designers, verification engineers, and software teams.
• Debug low-level software and hardware issues on emulation platforms.

Skills

Emulation platforms

Verilog/SystemVerilog

C programming

Python

TCL

FPGA prototyping

JTAG debugging

SystemDebug

SoC architectures

cross-site collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

PhD

Tools

Xilinx FPGAs

Intel FPGAs

Synthesis

Place and Route

Timing Closure

JTAG

Job description

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. seeks an experienced engineer for the Emulation Team within the Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering.

You will contribute to pre-silicon SoC platforms, working with FPGA prototyping, emulation tools, and debug workflows across CPU/DSP cores, multimedia blocks, and NoC. The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration with architects, designers, verification and software teams, with required expertise in Verilog/SystemVerilog, C, Python/TCL, and FPGA/SoC experience.