DSP / NPU Staff Design Verification Engineer

Company: Qualcomm India Private Limited Job Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Engineering General Summary: As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm Hardware Engineer, you will plan, design, optimize, verify, and test electronic systems, bring-up yield, circuits, mechanical systems, Digital/Analog/RF/optical systems, equipment and packaging, test systems, FPGA, and/or DSP systems that launch cutting-edge, world class products. Qualcomm Hardware Engineers collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop solutions and meet performance requirements. Minimum Qualifications: • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 6+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience. OR Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 5+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience. OR PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience. Job Summary: · Position for 12+ years of experience in design verification of complex Qualcomm propriety DSP/NPU IP · DSP team is responsible for delivering high-performance DSP/NPU cores which are at the heart of Qualcomm's multi-tier SoC roadmap targeted for mobile space, AI, Automotive and more. · Qualcomm is one of the largest fabless semiconductor design companies in the world, generating over $35 Billion in annual revenues from chipsets and royalties from intellectual property. Job Responsibilities: · 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. Skillset/Experience: · 12+ years experience in processor/ASIC design verification · 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. 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