SoC Design, Validation & Debug Engineer - FPGA/Emulation

Qualcomm; San Diego, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 116,000 - 173,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking highly motivated engineers to join Qualcomm's SoC Design, Validation, Debug, Infrastructure, FPGA, and Emulation organizations in San Diego.

You will work on industry-leading SoCs and development platforms spanning design, validation, system debug, silicon characterization, CAD software, FPGA prototyping, and emulation. Collaborate with architects, RTL designers, verification engineers, software developers, and validation teams to develop innovative

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Experience in ASIC/SoC Design, Hardware or System Debug, Validation Engineering, FPGA Development, Emulation Platforms, CAD/EDA/Software Development.
• Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, cross-functional environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and enhance solutions supporting SoC design, validation, debug, FPGA prototyping, and emulation environments.
• Design, implement, validate, and debug hardware and software components used in advanced SoC development platforms.
• Perform pre-silicon and post-silicon bring-up, failure analysis, root-cause investigation, and performance characterization.
• Develop automation, infrastructure, and tooling using modern programming languages and scripting environments.
• Support debugging of low-level hardware and software issues across complex SoC platforms.
• Analyze system performance, power, functionality, reliability, and timing across multiple subsystems.
• Collaborate with global engineering teams, technology partners, and tool vendors to improve methodologies, workflows, and product quality.
• Leverage automation and AI technologies to improve engineering productivity and debug efficiency.

Skills

C/C++

Python

Tcl

Perl

Linux / Embedded Linux

Software Design

Automation and Scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field

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

PhD in related field

Tools

Git

JIRA

CI/CD Automation Flows

Simulation, Emulation, and Prototyping Tools

Linux Development Environments

Hardware and Software Debug Tools

Job description

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking highly motivated engineers to join Qualcomm's SoC Design, Validation, Debug, Infrastructure, FPGA, and Emulation organizations in San Diego.

You will work on industry-leading SoCs and development platforms spanning design, validation, system debug, silicon characterization, CAD software, FPGA prototyping, and emulation. Collaborate with architects, RTL designers, verification engineers, software developers, and validation teams to develop innovative