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PST Validation Engineer

Job in San Diego, San Diego County, California, 92101, USA
Listing for: Qualcomm
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-07-01
Job specializations:
  • Engineering
    Hardware Engineer, Test Engineer, Systems Engineer
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 98500 USD Yearly USD 98500.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Job Title

Qualcomm ASIC Engineer

Job Area

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

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. As a Qualcomm ASIC Engineer, you will define, model, design (digital and/or analog), optimize, verify, validate, implement, and document IP (block/SoC) development for a variety of high performance, high quality, low power world class products.

Qualcomm Engineers collaborate with cross-functional groups to determine product execution path.

Post-Silicon Validation & Emulation Responsibilities
  • Perform Silicon bring-up, measure Post-Si Vmin/Fmax, Power, thermal data, correlate, characterize and analyze at the system level across various PVTs and SoC IPs
  • Debug low-level software and hardware issues, utilizing various debug tools like JTAG and kernel debuggers
  • Manage emulation builds, run tests, identify failures and performance issues, and collaborate with CAD, RTL, and Design teams to resolve them.
  • Automate validation flows, data collection, and analysis using Python or similar scripting languages
Qualifications
  • Understanding of mobile chip architecture (CPU, GPU, DDR, NOCs, etc.), basic RTL, and exposure to transistor power fundamentals
  • Knowledge of regression and PVT (Process, Voltage, Temperature) testing, including data analysis and extraction of key metrics.
  • Experience in debugging low-level software and hardware issues, including the use of debug tools like JTAG and kernel debuggers (e.g., Lauterbach Trace
    32).
  • Excellent programming and scripting skills in preferred languages (C & Python), with knowledge of Python or similar scripting languages and familiarity with prompt engineering
  • Experience in architecting and developing test bench infrastructure for CPU/SoC emulation across different platforms.
  • Good written and oral communication skills, multitasking skills, and understanding of deadline requirements.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Master's degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.
  • 6+ months of experience with architecture and design tools.
  • 6+ months of experience with scripting tools and programming languages.
  • 6+ months of experience with design verification methods.
Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

ORMaster's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

ORPhD in Science, Engineering, or related field.

Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e-mail disabili or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found here. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process.

Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities.

Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits :

$98,500.00 - $

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  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 r 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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