Verification Software Engineer

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group  Software Engineering General

Summary:

** This position is not eligible for Qualcomm immigration sponsorship.
** Educational Requirement BS in E lectrical, Computer Science, or the equivalent

Experience Requirement open to new graduates and individuals with a few years of experience

Qualcomm’s Modem/Chiplet Validation & Emulation (SVE) team is part of the central SoC validation organization responsible for ensuring end-to-end silicon quality across pre- and post-silicon phases .This role focuses on content quality, validation frameworks, and system-level validation enablement , offering deep exposure to Qualcomm SoCs through bare-metal validation content , scalable automation frameworks, and complex system debug.

Engineers in this role work across HW and SW boundaries to develop, validate, and scale system-level test content , ensuring high-quality silicon validation across a wide range of SoC domains.

Excellent Opportunity to work on cutting-edge SoCs & RF Chips across multiple product segments , including:

Data center-class silicon

Premium mobile and flagship platforms

Exposure to diverse system architectures, workloads, and performance/power challenges across domain. Ability to build scalable validation solutions that extend from mobile to server-grade systemsSVE Team Skill Requirements (Executive Summary)
SoC/System Validation Expertise – End-to-end pre-silicon and post-silicon validation, bring-up, system integration, and silicon debug.

Hardware-Software Co-Debug – Strong debugging across SoC architecture, embedded software, firmware, drivers, and hardware interfaces.

Validation Content & Framework Development – Design scalable test content, automation frameworks, analysis, and debug infrastructure.

Low-Level Programming – Proficiency in C/C++, Python, Assembly, Linux, device drivers, and bare-metal software development.

Pre-Silicon Platforms

– Experience with simulation, emulation (Veloce/FPGA), RTL understanding, and validation readiness.

Knowledge of Modem, RF or SERDES high speed interfaces , clock/power management, low-power modes, and performance architecture.

Performance, Power & Concurrency Analysis – System-level validation of bandwidth, latency, QoS, throughput, scalability, and power-performance tradeoffs.

AI-Driven Validation – Applying AI learning/ML to improve validation/debug and log analysis productivity.

AI
- Driven code development – Use your coding skills to guide the AI model to create consistent high quality code for drivers, test plans , debug etcLab & Debug Tools – Hands-on experience with JTAG, logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, kernel debuggers, and silicon debug methodologies.

Technical Leadership & Cross-Functional Collaboration – Work effectively across architecture, design, firmware, software, and validation teams to drive silicon quality. Role Tracks Modem Design  and enhance digital baseband verification code :

General understanding of Modem baseband purpose and layer 1 processing (I/Q, Symbols, bits)
Work with Modem HW designers to create C/Python code to test HW engines

Build infrastructure for:

Functional verification of the baseband HW that can be leveraged into performance tests

Concurrency and stress testing

Improve framework capabilities for:

Reproducibility and debug turnaround

Performance and scalability across SKUs/platforms

Analyze & debug failuresRFDesign and enhance digital baseband verification code :

General understanding of RF baseband (y1y2, I/Q) and IF functionality for 4/5/6G processing

Working understanding of RF front end and RF test equipment

Work with RF HW designers to create C/Python code to test HW engines from System Vectors Build infrastructure for:

Functional verification of…