ASICS Engineering
General Summary
Senior Emulation Performance Methodology & Debug Engineer
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
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Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
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Ph D in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
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Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
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Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
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Ph D in Science, Engineering, or related field.
Preferred Requirements
5+ 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 So C 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 So C architectures, with solid understanding of So C building blocks (interconnects, power management, PMIC, No C, 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
Pay Range and Other Compensation & Benefits
$121,800.00 - $182,600.00
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Job Description
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.
Qualcomm's Emulation Team Is Part Of The Central So C Digital Hardware Organization Responsible For The Overall Development And Support Of So C Pre‑silicon Platforms. The Emulation Team Works Closely With Architects, Designers,



Verification Engineers, Software Engineers, And Customers. The Team Is Currently Seeking Candidates With Experience In The Following Technical Disciplines, Languages, And Methodologies:
Emulation Platforms (FPGA Prototyping, Veloce, Palladium), Emulation tools (Synthesis, Place and Route, Constraints, Clocking, Timing Closure), System Debug (Waveform generation and Content Debug support)
So C Functionality (CPU/DSP Core, Multimedia, IO, Peripherals, DDR, Modem, Bus Protocols)
Equal Opportunity
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