Senior System Validation Lead – AI & Emulation

QUALCOMM, Inc.; Folsom (CA); On-site; USD 174,000 - 262,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking a highly experienced SVE Content Lead to drive validation strategy, test planning, content development, and execution for next-generation Premium Tier Mobile and AI accelerator platforms.

The role owns end-to-end system-level validation content across emulation and silicon phases, partnering with Architecture, Design, DV, Software, Performance, Power, and Product teams to ensure comprehensive coverage and successful product execution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in SoC validation, bring-up, architecture validation, firmware, or system software.
• Strong debugging and root-cause analysis skills.
• Demonstrated technical leadership across geographically distributed teams.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive system-level validation strategy for complex SoC programs.
• Develop comprehensive validation plans spanning pre-silicon and post-silicon phases.
• Identify high-risk customer use cases and translate them into executable validation content.
• Define stress, power, performance, scalability, and corner-case validation scenarios.
• Establish platform coverage plans across Veloce, RUMI, FPGA, and Silicon environments.
• Drive coverage closure based on previous program learnings and emerging architectural risks.
• Own end-to-end content strategy, roadmap, execution, readiness reviews, and delivery milestones.
• Drive content architecture and test plan reviews across multiple subsystem domains.
• Ensure content quality, scalability, reusability, and maintainability.
• Lead content stabilization, qualification, and regression activities.
• Drive system-level content releases for HVV, SLT, and production screening environments.
• Partner with Architecture, Design, DV, Firmware, and Software teams to define validation requirements.
• Lead debug of complex silicon, emulation, firmware, and software issues.

Skills

Excellent communication

Stakeholder management

Technical leadership

Debugging

Root-cause analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering

PhD in Science/Engineering

Job description

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking a highly experienced SVE Content Lead to drive validation strategy, test planning, content development, and execution for next-generation Premium Tier Mobile and AI accelerator platforms.

The role owns end-to-end system-level validation content across emulation and silicon phases, partnering with Architecture, Design, DV, Software, Performance, Power, and Product teams to ensure comprehensive coverage and successful product execution.