Senior CPU Verification Engineer

MaC VC; Wilmington (NC); On-site; USD 176,000 - 263,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. in the United States is seeking a Design Verification Engineer to collaborate with CPU Architects to validate micro-architectures and ensure launch readiness.

You will develop verification plans, environments, and testbenches, execute bring-up and regressions, and report progress with metrics. The role requires strong ISA/RISC‑V knowledge and verification methodologies, with leadership opportunities.

Qualifications

• BS in electrical/computer engineering or CS with 4+ years hardware/software experience.
• MS with 3+ years or PhD with 2+ years of related work experience.
• Strong understanding of CPU/DV verification and micro-architecture concepts.

Responsibilities

• Work with CPU and SOC Architects to understand concepts and requirements.
• Develop detailed test and coverage plans from architecture and micro-architecture.
• Develop verification methodology with scalability across environments.
• Build verification environments including stimulus, checkers, assertions, trackers and coverage.
• Create verification plans and testbenches for your functional domain.
• Execute plans, bring up DV environment, run regressions, debug failures.
• Track and report DV progress using bugs and coverage metrics.

Skills

ISA knowledge (RISC-V)

CPU/SOC verification concepts

Verification methodologies (Formal/Asr

Test plan and testbench development

Team leadership / project coordination

DV environment bring-up & debugging

Simulation / waveform analysis

Memory/architecture knowledge

Hardware/Software integration

Education

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

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

PhD in Electrical/Computer Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

Simulators

Coverage analysis

Gate-level Simulation

Waveform Viewers

Mixed-signal Verification

Job description

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. in the United States is seeking a Design Verification Engineer to collaborate with CPU Architects to validate micro-architectures and ensure launch readiness.

You will develop verification plans, environments, and testbenches, execute bring-up and regressions, and report progress with metrics. The role requires strong ISA/RISC‑V knowledge and verification methodologies, with leadership opportunities.