Emulation Methodology Lead

Company: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area: Engineering Group, ASICS Engineering

General

Summary:

As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives communication and data processing transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all.

Overview: Qualcomm's Emulation Team is part of the central SoC digital hardware organization responsible for the overall development and support of SoC pre-silicon platforms. The Emulation team works closely with architects, designers, verification engineers, software engineers, and customers.

• Emulation Platforms (FPGA Prototyping, Veloce, Palladium)
• Emulation tools (Synthesis, Place and Route, Constraints, Clocking, Timing Closure)
• System Debug (Waveform generation and Content Debug support)
• SoC Functionality (CPU/DSP Core, Multimedia, IO, Peripherals, DDR, Modem, Bus Protocols)

Preferred Requirements:

• 15 years of experience working in emulation and silicon environments.
• Design, development, and deployment of uniform global methodologies for emulation build generation and debug across FPGA based emulation platforms of various configurations.
• 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.
• Debug tools including JTAG and kernel debuggers.
• Validation and debug of digital circuits.
• CPU and SoC architectures, with solid understanding of SoC building blocks (interconnects, power management, PMIC, NoC, peripherals).
• Basic understanding of power and performance.
• Expertise in Verilog / System Verilog.
• Experience with C programming.
• Scripting:
  Proficient in Python, TCL.
• FPGA Expertise:
  Xilinx/Intel FPGAs, Tools, and timing closure techniques.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 8+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
• Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 7+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
• PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 6+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

EEO Statement: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification.

Pay Range: $ - $

We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and annual RSU grants. Our benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play.

For more information, please contact Qualcomm Careers.