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CPU Post-Silicon Validation Engineer – CPU Engineering

CPU Post-Silicon Validation Engineer – CPU Engineering

CompanyQualcomm
LocationHillsboro, OR, USA
Salary$122500 – $183700
TypeFull-Time
DegreesBachelor’s, Master’s, PhD
Experience LevelMid Level, Senior

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
  • OR Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
  • OR PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with CPU design and verification teams to develop CPU bring-up and validation test plans.
  • Prepare for CPU bring-up through pre-silicon work on emulation and FPGA platforms.
  • Coordinate with SoC bring-up and software teams to plan CPU bring-up.
  • Triage and debug failures on silicon.
  • Develop test content and strategies to validate the CPU on silicon.
  • Collaborate with CPU verification teams to reproduce silicon failures on emulators and FPGAs.
  • Partner with the design team to propose and architect new debug features to improve future CPU bring-up efforts.

Preferred Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience in silicon validation and bring-up.
  • Experience in implementing embedded firmware in Assembly and C/C++.
  • Familiarity with software toolchains including assemblers, C compilers, Makefiles, and version control systems.
  • Strong understanding of microprocessor architecture.
  • Solid knowledge of power management and physical design concepts.
  • Experience in silicon bring-up and validation of CPU features.
  • Experience debugging functional, power, performance, and physical design issues, including speed path analysis on silicon.
  • Background in CPU design and verification.
  • Experience developing tests for validating CPU features on silicon.
  • Experience developing test vectors for tester bring-up.