DSP / NPU Design Verification Senior Engineer
Qualcomm
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Qualcomm is hiring for the role of DSP / NPU Design Verification Senior Engineer!
Responsibilities of the Candidate:
- Drive design verification of DSP IP by working with a global DSP design team involving architecture, implementation, power, post silicon and back-end teams.
- Implement and improve System Verilog/UVM Testbench Architecture.
- Develop and deploy new verification methodologies, automation to continuously improve quality and efficiency.
- Develop design corresponding test plans, architect and develop verification environments, and meet coverage goals.
- Hands-on simulations and ability to debug not only IP level, but Subsystem and SoC level fails and bugs.
- Complete all required verification activities at IP level and ensure high quality commercial success of our products.
- Assertions, simulation, formal verification (static property checking), HW-SW co-verification, constraint/HVL-based verification, simulation acceleration, emulation are all tools you will use on a daily basis.
- Responsible gate level simulation bring-up, gate level verification with timing simulations.
- Responsible for power aware RTL verification and gate level simulation.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
OR Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
OR PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field. - Solid background and understanding of Digital Design, Processor Architecture , Processor Verification and Power aware verification.
- Expertise in System Verilog Testbench Architecture and implementation.
- Experience in writing C based and assembly level testcases is preferred.
- Exposure to power aware implementation and verification using UPF is a plus.
- Experience with advanced verification techniques such as formal and assertions is a plus.
- Gate-Level Simulation and Debug — 0-delay, timing annotated and power aware.
- Experience in System Verilog/UVM, and with simulators from Synopsys/Mentor/Cadence .
- Scripting/Automation Skills — Perl, Python, Shell, Make file TCI .
- Solid analytical and debugging skills, strong knowledge of digital design and good understanding of Object Oriented Programming (OOP) concepts.
- Experience in Hardware verification languages (HVL) such as SystemVerilog testbench (OVM/UVM) and SystemC and Hardware description languages (HDL) such as Verilog, SystemVerilog is preferred.
- Experience in verification of Processor subsystems is preferred.
- Experience in creating validation suite and building automation.
- Should have excellent inter-personal and communication skills.
Important dates & deadlines?
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22 Jun'26, 12:00 AM IST Registration Deadline
Additional Information
Job Location(s)
Bangalore
Salary
Salary: Not Disclosed
Work Detail
Working Days: 5 Days
Job Type/Timing
Job Type: In Office
Job Timing: Full Time
About Qualcomm
A San Diego, California, based global telecommunications equipment and Semiconductor Company, Qualcomm Incorporated derives most of its revenue from chipmaking and the bulk of its profit from patent licensing businesses. The company gets its name Qualcomm from ‘QUALity COMMunication’ and was founded on July 1, 1985, as contract research and development center largely for government and defense projects, by seven former Linkabit employees led by Dr. Irwin Jacobs. Led by Jeffrey W. Henderson as its Chairman, Steven Mollenkopf as its Chief Executive Officer and Cristiano Amon as its President, the company employs more than 35,400 people around the world and has 224 offices in 224 locations around the world.
Organization Structure:
Category-wise Products:
- SoC :
- WHS9420
- SiRFstar V 5ea
- Qualcomm Atlas VI
- QCC5100 Series and 59 more.
- Chipset:
- WSA8815 Smart Speaker Amplifier
- WCD9341 Aqstic Audio Codec
- Quick Charge 3.0
- QCC300x Product Family and 60 more.
- Modem:
- Snapdragon X7 LTE Modem
- Qualcomm 9205 LTE Modem
- MDM9206 IoT Modem
- Snapdragon X50 5G Modem and 6 more.
- System on a Module (SoM):
- Snapdragon System-in-Package
- Development Board:
- Environmental Sensor Board
- CSRmesh Development Kit
- Platform:
- Vision Intelligence 400 Platform
- Snapdragon Wear 3100 Platform
- Snapdragon Automotive 5G Platform
- Snapdragon 8cx Compute Platform
- Snapdragon 820 Mobile Platform
- Snapdragon 850 Mobile Compute Platform and 50 more.
- Processor:
- Snapdragon Wear 3100 Platform
- Snapdragon 810 Processor
- Snapdragon 670 Mobile Platform
- SDM632 Processor and 36 more.
- Development Kit:
- Smart Audio 200 Platform Development Kit for Amazon AVS
- Smart Audio 200 Platform Development Kit
- Remote Control Development Kit
- Mesh Networking Development Kit for Amazon AVS
- CSR101x Starter Dev Kit.
Solutions:
- Internet of Things:
- Consumer Electronics
- Smart Cities
- Smart Home
- Voice and Music
- Mobile Computing:
- Smartphones
- Tablets
- Laptops
- Automotive:
- Infotainment
- Telematics
- Networking:
- Home Networking
- Carrier Networks
- Enterprise Networks
Mergers & Acquisitions:
- Scyfer B.V.: a company affiliated with the University of Amsterdam that has built artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for companies worldwide and in a number of different industries, Scyfer B.V. was acquired by Qualcomm Technologies in August 2017, as a measure to focus on the implementation of AI on end devices, i.e., smartphones, cars, robotics and the like—to ensure that processing would be possible without or with a network or Wi-Fi connection.
- Stonestreet One LLC: acquired by Qualcomm on September 24, 2014, Stonestreet One LLC is a software company specializing in Bluetooth software solutions.
- CSR Plc: a leading fabless developer of end-to-end software and semiconductor solutions for the IoE (Internet of Everything) and automobile divisions, CSR Plc, was acquired by Qualcomm Global Trading Pte. Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Qualcomm, in August 2015 at an enterprise value of approximately $2.2 billion ($2.4 billion equity value).
- Ikanos Communications, Inc.: a high-functioning broadband networking semiconductor and software supplier facilitating both principal office and home gateway solutions, Ikanos Communications, Inc., was acquired by a wholly-owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated namely Qualcomm Atheros, Inc., in September 2015 for $2.75 per share in cash amounting to $47 million.
Corporate Social Responsibility:
The mobile technology industry is ever-changing, and public discussion on the responsibility of firms across a series of sustainability problems is as always unfolding; and hence, it is quintessential for Qualcomm that its sustainability strategy reflects the world around and anticipates its future business and sustainability objectives. Prioritizing the sustainability issues that are most important to the Company’s business and key stakeholders, who include communities, nonprofit organizations, employees, governments, investors, suppliers, and customers, it focuses its programs, reporting, and resources on the following six topic areas:
- Transformative Technology: Solutions for a sustainable world.
- Sustainable Product Design: Protecting people and the planet.
- Security and Privacy: Advancing data security beyond the mobile ecosystem.
- STEM Education: Cultivating tomorrow’s workforce.
- Inclusion and Diversity: Building a Business that exhibits the world.
- Ethical Governance: striving to perform operations with the greatest level of honor, respecting its clients, business associates and each other.