SoC Debug Engineer, Senior Staff

Qualcomm; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 174,000 - 262,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. in Santa Clara, CA seeks a Senior SoC Debug Engineer to advance silicon validation for server, compute, and mobile chipsets.

You will lead debugging from pre-Si to post-Si and collaborate with architects, designers, verification, and customers to ensure quality. This role emphasizes hands-on debugging with JTAG, RTL analysis, lab instruments, and script-based troubleshooting, plus developing strategies to triage failures quickly and improve reliability.

Qualifications

• 9+ years of experience with pre-Si and post-silicon enabling, bring-up, analyze failures at the embedded platform level.
• RTL inspection and basic RTL understanding.
• Experience solving complex debug in pre-Si and post-Si phases.
• Lead efforts for faster debug at platform level including isolating failing components.
• Create debug strategies and plans for partners to triage failures (PVT/marginality).
• SysDebug lead roles to drive root cause.
• Debugging low level software and hardware issues.
• Debug tools including JTAG.
• Using Lab Equipment (Logic Analyzer, Scope, Signal Generator).

Responsibilities

• Lead Bring up, debug, analyze failures at the embedded platform level in both pre-Si and post-Si phase.
• RTL inspection and dive in required to root cause pre-si debug and JTAG and Si exposure to root cause post-si issues.
• Lead on initiatives for faster debug at the platform level including isolating failing components of a system.
• Creating and leading debug strategies and plans for partners to more rapidly triage failures to isolate specific components including PVT and marginality issues.
• Perform real-time debugging and troubleshooting of server hardware, including motherboards, processors, memory, storage devices, power supplies, and networking components.
• Investigate manufacturing defects, determine root causes, and implement corrective actions to improve product quality and reliability

Skills

C

Assembly

Python

Perl

RTL debugging

JTAG

System debugging

Lab equipment

Education

Master's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Science/Engineering

PhD in Engineering

Tools

JTAG

Logic Analyzer

Oscilloscope

Signal Generator

Job description

Company:
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

General Summary:
Qualcomm's Silicon Validation team is part of the central SoC digital hardware organization responsible for the overall quality of the SoC silicon. The validation team works closely with architects, designers, verification engineers, software engineers, and customers. We are currently seeking a Senior candidate for the position to perform of SoC Debug Engineer for Server/Compute/Mobile chipsets.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead Bring up, debug, analyze failures at the embedded platform level in both pre-Si and post-Si phase
• RTL inspection and dive in required to root cause pre-si debug and JTAG and Si exposure to root cause post-si issues
• Lead on initiatives for faster debug at the platform level including isolating failing components of a system
• Creating and leading debug strategies and plans for partners to more rapidly triage failures to isolate specific components including PVT and marginality issues.
• Perform real-time debugging and troubleshooting of server hardware, including motherboards, processors, memory, storage devices, power supplies, and networking components.
• Investigate manufacturing defects, determine root causes, and implement corrective actions to improve product quality and reliability

Minimum Qualifications:

• 9+ years of experience with pre-si and post-silicon enabling, bring-up , analyze failures at the embedded platform level
• RTL inspection and understanding of basic RTL
• Need to have experience solving ample of complex debug in pre-si and post-si phases
• Lead the effort for develop and implement solutions for faster debug at the platform level including isolating failing components of a system
• Creating debug strategies and plans for partners to more rapidly triage failures to isolate specific components including PVT and marginality issues
• SysDebug lead roles to drive complex issues to Root-Cause
• Debugging low level software and hardware issues
• Debug tools including JTAG
• Using Lab Equipment (Logic Analyzer, Scope, Signal Generator etc…)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong programming and scripting languages (C, Assembly, Perl, Python, etc.)
• Good understanding of power and performance
• Strong Knowledge of TCU, PVT, Fmax, Vmin test methodology and hands‑on experience
• CPU and SoC architectures for Server/Compute/Mobile chipsets.
• Hands on experience in handling server specific use‑cases including Server Boot Configuration and Server Reset Scenarios.
• Debug experience of Server Reboot stress scenarios including both Cold and Warm boot.
• Knowledge of multi‑die secure boot flow and debugs involved in multi‑die configuration

Educational Requirements:

Required: Master's, Computer Engineering and/or Electrical Engineering

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 6+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

OR

• Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 5+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

• PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

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Pay Range and Other Compensation & Benefits
$174,400.00 - $261,600.00
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