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Senior Emulation Performance Methodology & Debug Engineer

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In short

Qualcomm is looking for a Senior Emulation Performance Methodology & Debug Engineer to join their Emulation Team in San Diego. The role involves working with emulation platforms and tools to support SoC pre-silicon development, requiring expertise in hardware, software, and various programming languages.

Responsibilities

  • Design, development, and deployment of uniform global methodologies for emulation build generation and debug across FPGA based emulation platforms.
  • Cross-site collaboration, vendor engagements, and executive communication.
  • Pre-silicon prototyping for new SoC designs, including pre-silicon enablement and bring-up.
  • Bring-up of new FPGA emulation/prototyping hardware and software.
  • Debugging low level software and hardware issues.
  • Validation and debug of digital circuits.
  • Work with emulation platforms (FPGA Prototyping, Veloce, Palladium), emulation tools (Synthesis, Place and Route, Constraints, Clocking, Timing Closure), and System Debug (Waveform generation and Content Debug support).
  • Support SoC Functionality (CPU/DSP Core, Multimedia, IO, Peripherals, DDR, Modem, Bus Protocols).

Requirements

  • 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.
  • Expertise in Verilog / SystemVerilog.
  • Experience with C programming.
  • Proficient in Python, TCL.
  • FPGA Expertise: Xilinx/Intel FPGAs, Tools, and timing closure techniques.

Desired Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience working in emulation and silicon environments.
  • Experience in CPU and SoC architectures, with solid understanding of SoC building blocks (interconnects, power management, PMIC, NoC, peripherals).
  • Basic understanding of power and performance.
  • Experience with debug tools including JTAG and kernel debuggers.

Benefits

  • Competitive annual discretionary bonus program
  • Opportunity for annual RSU grants
  • Highly competitive benefits package designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play.
  • Reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able to participate in the hiring process.
  • Accessible workplace for individuals with disabilities.
#ASIC Design#Verification#Validation#Integration#Emulation#Silicon Environments#FPGA Prototyping#Veloce#Palladium#SoC#CPU#DSP#Multimedia#IO#Peripherals#DDR#Modem#Bus Protocols#Debug#JTAG#Kernel Debuggers#Verilog#SystemVerilog#C programming#Python#TCL#Xilinx FPGAs#Intel FPGAs
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Company

Qualcomm

Job Posted

1 day ago

Employment Type

Full Time

WorkMode

On Site

Experience Level

Senior

Locations

San Diego, United States of America

Qualification

Bachelor, Master, Doctoral

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