SOC Verification and Methodology Engineer

MaC VC; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 174,000 - 262,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. in California seeks an experienced SOC Verification and Methodology Engineer to ensure quality and functionality of premium SoC designs.

You will develop verification plans, implement tests, and analyze coverage while collaborating with architects, designers, and pre-/post-silicon teams. This role offers exposure to state-of-the-art DV tools, advanced verification methodologies, and opportunities to tackle complex hardware challenges.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of ASIC design/verification, validation, or related work for senior roles.
• Strong SystemVerilog/UVM verification skills with assertion and coverage-based techniques.
• Experience from test planning to tapeout for large-size HW designs.

Responsibilities

• Develop verification plans based on design specifications and define scope.
• Create and execute verification tests, debug issues, and analyze coverage.
• Collaborate with architects, designers, and verification teams across teams.
• Advance DV methodologies and tools to improve test benches efficiency.
• Ensure adherence to quality standards in test and verification processes.
• Collaborate with worldwide teams to meet project goals.

Skills

Communication skills

Strong verification experience

Test planning to Tapeout

Education

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

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

PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

SystemVerilog/UVM

Assertion & coverage-based verification

ARM architecture knowledge

UCIe/CXL interfaces

Pre-silicon emulation

Scripting (Python/Perl)

Job description

Company

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

General Summary

Job Description

Qualcomm is a company of inventors that unlocked 5G ushering in an age of rapid acceleration in connectivity and new possibilities that will transform industries, create jobs, and enrich lives. But this is just the beginning. It takes inventive minds with diverse skills, backgrounds, and cultures to transform 5Gs potential into world-changing technologies and products. This is the Invention Age - and this is where you come in.

Job Overview

Qualcomm SoC HW team is responsible for developing and delivering best in class premium tier smartphone SoC solutions which are setting benchmarks in the whole industry. As an SOC Verification and Methodology Engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring the quality and functionality of System-on-Chip (SOC) designs through comprehensive verification processes. You will develop and implement verification methodologies, create test plans, and execute verification tests to identify and resolve design issues. In this role of Design Verification Engineer, you will be using advanced state of the art tools, verification techniques and methodologies to verify varied design IPs in addition to system-level integration validation aspects.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop Verification Plans: Understand design specifications and define the verification scope. Develop detailed test plans and verification infrastructure.
• Execute Verification Tests: Implement and Execute verification test cases and debug complex issues. Implement and analyze System Verilog assertions and coverage (code, toggle, functional).
• Collaborate with Teams: Work closely with architects, designers, and pre and post-silicon verification teams to accomplish tasks.
• Innovate Solutions: Develop innovative solutions to verification challenges with minimal guidance. Ramp-up on new verification tools and methodologies. Explore innovative DV methodologies to continuously push the quality and efficiency of test benches.
• Adhere to Standards: Maintain quality standards and best practices in test and verification processes.
• Successful candidates will be required to collaborate with worldwide design, verification, silicon, and architecture teams to achieve all project goals. Hence, we are looking for candidates with strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Engineering, or related field
• Minimum 10+ years of design verification experience. *Senior positions to be offered to candidates with proven expertise in the relevant field
• Good understanding of SystemVerilog/UVM based verification skills & experience with assertion & coverage-based verification methodology
• Experience in handling verification from Test planning to Tapeout for large-size HW Design

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Science, Engineering, or related field
• 15+ years industry experience with below skillset:
• Knowledge of SOC architecture, CPU architecture (ARM knowledge is helpful), DSP, AMBA Bus, DDR, GPU, Multimedia etc.
• Exposure to ARM SBSA (Server Base System Architecture)
• Experience with heterogenous multi-die system verification
• Experience with D2D interfaces (e.g., UCIe, CXL) verification
• Experience with pre-silicon emulation platform-based verification
• Knowledge of Power design, architecture, and verification requirements
• Displays a passion for debugging and strong problem-solving abilities
• Experience with scripting languages such as Perl, Python is a plus
• Assertion coding and converging on Formal tools, is a plus

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.

OR

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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