SOC Design Verification Engineer – Data Center Solutions

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

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. seeks a Design Verification Engineer to join the Data Center SoC Verification team. You will verify next‑generation Data Center SoCs powering AI, HPC, and cloud infrastructure.

You will develop scalable verification environments, drive verification closure, and ensure first-silicon success for complex designs, including CPUs, memory subsystems, interconnects, and high‑speed interfaces.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• Minimum 2+ years of design verification experience; senior roles for proven experts.

Responsibilities

• Develop verification plans for SoC, subsystem, and IP features.
• Design System Verilog/UVM-based verification environments.
• Create directed and constrained-random test scenarios.
• Develop assertions, coverage models, and checkers.
• Debug RTL/testbench issues and drive defect resolution.
• Drive coverage closure using functional and code coverage metrics.
• Participate in architecture/design reviews to embed verification requirements early.
• Verify multi-core CPU systems, cache coherency, DDR/HBM memory, PCIe/CXL/Ethernet, security, RAS, power management.

Skills

SystemVerilog

UVM

C

SVA

CDV

System use cases

Python

Education

Electrical Engineering

Computer Engineering

Computer Science

Tools

Veloce

Palladium

ZeBu

Job description

Company

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

General Summary

We are seeking highly motivated and experienced Design Verification Engineers to join our Data Center SoC Verification team. In this role, you will be responsible for verifying next-generation Data Center SoCs that power AI, high-performance computing, and cloud infrastructure products. You will work closely with architects, design engineers, software teams, and verification specialists to develop scalable verification solutions, drive verification closure, and ensure first-silicon success for complex SoC designs.

This position offers the opportunity to work on cutting‑edge technologies including multi‑core CPUs, cache coherency systems, memory subsystems, AI/ML accelerators, high‑speed interconnects, security, and advanced SoC architecture.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute comprehensive verification plans for SoC, subsystem, and IP‑level features.
• Design and implement scalable System Verilog/UVM‑based and Processor‑based verification environments.
• Create directed and constrained‑random test scenarios to validate functionality and architectural use cases.
• Develop assertions, functional coverage models, and checkers.
• Debug RTL, testbench, and integration issues and work closely with design teams to resolve defects.
• Drive coverage closure using functional and code coverage metrics.
• Participate in architecture and design reviews to ensure verification requirements are incorporated early in the development cycle.
• Verify complex Data Center SoC features including:
  • Multi‑core CPU systems
  • Cache coherency and interconnect fabrics
  • DDR/HBM memory subsystems
  • PCIe, CXL, Ethernet, and high‑speed interfaces
  • Security, RAS, and power‑management features
• Support emulation and acceleration‑based verification when required.
• Contribute to methodology improvements, automation, reusable verification components, and AI‑assisted verification flows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• Minimum 2+ years of design verification experience* Senior positions to be offered to candidates with proven expertise in the relevant field
• Strong knowledge of: System Verilog, UVM, C, Assertion‑Based Verification (SVA), Coverage‑Driven Verification, System level Use case verification
• Experience developing verification environments from architecture/specification through signoff.
• Strong understanding of computer architecture and digital design fundamentals.
• Experience debugging complex SoC‑level issues.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with one or more of the following:
  • CPU verification
  • Cache coherency protocols (ACE, CHI, CXL)
  • DDR or HBM memory systems
  • PCIe, Ethernet, or networking protocols
  • AI/ML accelerator verification
  • Security and RAS feature verification
  • System Performance verification
  • System Power verification
  • ATE and Post Silicon bring up testing
• Experience with:
  • Portable Stimulus (PSS)
  • Formal Verification
  • Emulation platforms (Veloce/Palladium/ZeBu)
  • Power‑aware verification
• Proficiency in Python or scripting languages for automation.
• AI‑assisted verification of workflows and test generation.
• Experience in full‑chip or subsystem verification environments.

The ideal candidate is a hands‑on verification engineer who is passionate about solving complex technical challenges and delivering high‑quality silicon. They should possess strong debugging skills, a solid understanding of SoC architecture, and the ability to thrive in a fast‑paced, collaborative environment.

Why Join Us?

You will be part of a team developing next‑generation Data Center Solutions -

Qualcomm Dragonfly CPU, Qualcomm High Bandwidth Compute (HBC), Qualcomm Dragonfly AI Inference Accelerator. This involves hardware design verification of advanced CPUs, Memory architecture, AI Accelerators, and high‑speed connectivity technologies. This role offers significant growth opportunities while working alongside industry‑leading engineers on some of the most challenging SoC verification problems in the semiconductor industry.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

OR

Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

OR

PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field.

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EEO Employer

Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification.

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Pay Range And Other Compensation & Benefits

$121,800.00 - $182,600.00

The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales‑incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer – and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.

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