General Summary:The RoleYou will work cross-functionally across all pre-silicon disciplines - architecture, microarchitecture, design, design verification, software, performance, and emulation/prototyping - communicating clearly across teams and geographies to develop, debug, and maintain complex system-level hybrid execution
environments. These environments enable pre-silicon bring-up of system software and performance benchmarking workloads.
Requirements- 8+ years of industry experience
- Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in a relevant engineering field
- Strong domain knowledge of computer architecture
- Ability to work independently and across geographies
Technical BackgroundEmulation & Prototyping
- Hands-on experience with commercial emulation platforms (Palladium, Mentor Veloce) and/or prototyping platforms (Protium, Primo, HAPS)
- Expertise in transactor development, virtual prototyping, and advanced verification techniques (assertions, coverage, UPF)
Hardware Design & Verification
- Solid understanding of modern SystemVerilog for design and verification
- Experience isolating and reproducing silicon bugs in emulation
Software & Debug
- Strong software development in compiled (C/C++) and interpreted (Python, Tcl) languages
- Proven hardware/software co-debug skills
- Working knowledge of firmware, OS (Linux, RTOS), and hypervisor (Xen, KVM) stacks for embedded and server applications
Architecture & Interfaces
- Familiarity with CPU architectures (RISC-V, x86, ARMv8), coherent communication protocols, and standard IO interfaces
Infrastructure & Tooling
- Experience building and maintaining production infrastructure automation, including execution
- pipelines and observability and reporting frameworks
Minimum Qualifications:• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits: $167,100.00 - $250,700.00
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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