SoC Debug Engineer, Senior

Position: SoC Debug Engineer, Senior Staff
Company:
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group  ASICS Engineering

General

Summary:

Qualcomm's Silicon Validation team is part of the central SoC digital hardware organization responsible for the overall quality of the SoC silicon. The validation team works closely with architects, designers, verification engineers, software engineers, and customers. We are currently seeking a Senior candidate for the position to perform of SoC Debug Engineer for Server/Compute/Mobile chipsets.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead Bring up, debug, analyze failures at the embedded platform level in both pre-Si and post-Si phase

RTL inspection and dive in required to root cause pre-si debug and JTAG and Si exposure to root cause post-si issues

Lead on initiatives for faster debug at the platform level including isolating failing components of a system

Creating and leading debug strategies and plans for partners to more rapidly triage failures to isolate specific components including PVT and marginality issues.

Perform real-time debugging and troubleshooting of server hardware, including motherboards, processors, memory, storage devices, power supplies, and networking components.

Investigate manufacturing defects, determine root causes, and implement corrective actions to improve product quality and reliability

Minimum Qualifications:

9+ years of experience with pre-si and post-silicon enabling, bring-up , analyze failures at the embedded platform level

RTL inspection and understanding of basic RTL

Need to have experience solving ample of complex debug in pre-si and post-si phases

Lead the effort for develop and implement solutions for faster debug at the platform level including isolating failing components of a system

Creating debug strategies and plans for partners to more rapidly triage failures to isolate specific components including PVT and marginality issues

Sys Debug lead roles to drive complex issues to Root-Cause

Debugging low level software and hardware issues

Debug tools including JTAG

Using Lab Equipment (Logic Analyzer, Scope, Signal Generator etc…)

Preferred Qualifications:

Strong programming and scripting languages (C, Assembly, Perl, Python, etc.)

Good understanding of power and performance

Strong Knowledge of TCU, PVT, Fmax, Vmin test methodology and hands‑on experience

CPU and SoC architectures for Server/Compute/Mobile chipsets.

Hands on experience in handling server specific use‑cases including Server Boot Configuration and Server Reset Scenarios.

Debug experience of Server Reboot stress scenarios including both Cold and Warm boot.

Knowledge of multi‑die secure boot flow and debugs involved in multi‑die configuration

Educational Requirements:

Required:

Master's, Computer Engineering and/or Electrical Engineering

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.

PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

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