SoC Power Validation Engineer (Post-Si, Low-Power)

QUALCOMM, Inc.; Austin (TX); Presencial; USD 122.000 - 183.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. seeks a Power Validation Engineer to ensure SoC quality through post-silicon power, thermal and performance validation across CPU/GPU/DDR/NOC.

You will collaborate with architects, designers and verification engineers to develop validation plans, run Pre-Si and Post-Si campaigns, analyze data, and automate validation flows. The role requires strong digital design fundamentals, debugging skills, and scripting in Python.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering.
• 2+ years of ASIC design/verification/validation experience.
• Proficiency with Python or similar scripting languages for automation.

Responsabilidades

• Perform Pre-Si and Post-Si Power, thermal & performance correlation, debug, and analysis at the system level across various SoC IPs.
• Execute regression and PVT testing across different parts, lots, and wafers; analyze the data and extract key metrics.
• Collaborate with architects, designers, and verification engineers to define and execute comprehensive validation plans, identify gap/risk areas.
• Document observations and analysis; propose innovative solutions to optimize hardware and software to achieve world-class chipset low power consumption.
• Debug low-level software and hardware issues, utilizing various debug tools like JTAG and kernel debuggers.
• Conduct Vmin/Fmax measurements and collect data for performance characterization.
• Automate validation flows, data collection, and analysis using Python or similar scripting languages.

Conocimientos

Python scripting

C programming

ASIC validation

Debugging hardware

Power/Vmin testing

Educación

Bachelor's in CS/EE

Master's in CS/EE

Herramientas

JTAG debugging

Lauterbach Trace32

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Kernel debuggers

Descripción del empleo

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. seeks a Power Validation Engineer to ensure SoC quality through post-silicon power, thermal and performance validation across CPU/GPU/DDR/NOC.

You will collaborate with architects, designers and verification engineers to develop validation plans, run Pre-Si and Post-Si campaigns, analyze data, and automate validation flows. The role requires strong digital design fundamentals, debugging skills, and scripting in Python.