CPU Design Verification Sr Engineer

Responsibilities

• Responsible for power management verification, including Boot, Reset, clock gating, power gating, Voltage/frequency management, limit management, and throttling
• Work closely with CPU design and verification teams to develop comprehensive test plans
• Use simulation and formal verification methodologies to execute test plans, including writing checkers and assertions and developing stimulus
• Verify power intent through methodologies such as UPF
• Collaborate with system architects, software teams, and SoC teams to validate system use cases
• Work with emulation teams to enable verification on emulators and FPGA platforms
• Debug and triage failures in simulation, emulation, and silicon

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, or a related field with 4+ years of hardware engineering experience (or equivalent Master's/PhD experience)
• Proven experience in power management verification
• Proficiency in C/C++, scripting languages, and Verilog/SystemVerilog
• Experience with implementation of assembly and C language embedded firmware
• Strong understanding of power management features in CPUs and CPU-based SoCs
• Experience with clock gating, power gating, UPF, DVFS/DCVS, reliability, and throttling

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep understanding of CPU architectures and micro-architectures
• In-depth knowledge of digital logic design, microprocessors, debug features, and DFT architecture
• Experience with advanced verification techniques such as formal verification and assertions
• Knowledge of DFT and structural debug concepts including JTAG, IEEE1500, MBIST, scan dump, and memory dump

About the Company

Qualcomm is a global leader in wireless technology, developing products that power the world's most advanced mobile and connected devices. We hire the brightest minds to solve the most complex challenges in semiconductor and wireless engineering.