PMIC Systems & Validation Engineer

Job description

## **Company:** Qualcomm India Private Limited ## **Job Area:** Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Engineering **General Summary:** **PMIC Systems & Validation Engineer** **Team & Product Overview:** Qualcomm's Power Management Systems, Validation & Integration team (PMIC-SVI) leads the industry in the system architecture and post-silicon validation of high-performance feature-rich Power Management Integrated Circuits (PMICs), that are embedded in our Chipsets - for smartphones, tablets, laptops, wearables and a variety of cutting-edge consumer electronics. This team gets to work on state-of-art technology to enable products with world’s leading brands. A typical Qualcomm PMIC is a highly advanced IC that has a multitude of IPs viz. switching DC-DC converters, linear regulators, clock oscillators, battery charger, fuel gauge, LED drivers, and ADCs. Additionally, there is an embedded mini-processor running critical firmware (FW) to support power sequencing, interrupt servicing, crash handling and various device reset scenarios. It is also responsible for maintaining various stability & performance related configurations that are part of SoC software driver initializations. Furthermore, it provides an intelligent-framework for sequencing of time-critical-operations, which otherwise can't be guaranteed by any OS / higher-level software. Often, Qualcomm chipset solutions contain multiple PMICs working together in sync – which together constitute a ‘PMIC-System’. **Job Responsibilities** This job involves a mix of Architecture, HW Systems, Functional Validation, Chipset integration & customer issue debug support. We are looking for Systems & Validation engineers with preferably 1 -5 years of experience in analog/power electronics. Depending on your experience level and area of technical expertise you will own and participate in systems definition, HW/SW debugging and validation of PMIC solutions by partnering with various engineering teams like Analog/Digital Design, Software and Customer Engineering in a fast-paced environment. **Systems** involves coming up with a Top-Level specification (involving HW/FW/SW level partitioning of feature-design, HW Register interfaces, memory sizing, protocol selection, multi-PMIC connectivity grid, debug framework support, etc) to satisfy all chipset level requirements. **Validation** involves coming up with a comprehensive functional validation plan (that covers both manual and scripted automated test cases), executing them within stipulated time-period, analyzing results at HW-level (via signal measurements), debugging issues & creating reports. Engineers will be responsible to perform risk assessment of development and validation plans; and interact with PMIC Product Management, Design & Characterization teams; other SoC HW/SW Architecture, Development & Validation teams; and finally Customer-Engagement teams across worldwide sites. **Education Requirements** A Bachelor's degree in Electronics related Engineering is a must. Master’s degree is preferred esp. with specialization in VLSI / Microelectronics, Power Management, etc. **Minimum Qualifications** We are looking for applicants with **1-5 years** of job-experience – relevant to various **HW/S aspects of any electronic product development**. They should be well-versed with knowledge of entire ASIC Flow (from concept-stage to commercial-product support). **Preferred Qualifications** Applicants should be aware of fundamentals of PMIC, Power Management, Microcontroller architecture, basic-firmware & HW-SW interaction. Applicants should also have **strong hands-on lab-experience** in **Post-Si Validation**. (HW-level Bench measurement and/or SW-level logs-based verification). **Preferred Skills:** - **Hands-on ability** & comfort in using various **lab instruments** like oscilloscopes, power supplies, JTAG debuggers etc. - Good understanding of **PMIC, Power Electronics ,** digital & embedded electronic**s** concepts - **Good Hardware Debug Skills related to DC -DC (SMPS, LDO) converters preferred.** - Good **programming skills** in at least one of the following: **C#, F#, Python**, Perl, LabVIEW or any other scripting language (used in VLSI/Embedded Domain) + understanding of few OOPS concepts. - Familiarity with **HW schematics** and ability to trace inter connections on a PCB. Good analytical & **communication** (verbal/written) **skills**. - Ability to seek information pro-actively, understand priorities and **juggle multiple tasks** in a highly paced environment. - Experience in **automating test-cases** via SW-control for HW-systems Ability to come up with a **High-Level Strategy** for any objective and being able to break it into **Mid-level flows** & **Low-level tasks** – for efficient execution. - Prior experience in leading & executing **white-box validation** efforts of a HW-module or sub-module, is a big plus. - Exposure to **Assembly-language programming** (for microcontroller) is good-to-have. Exposure to tools like **JIRA** and **GIT** are a plus. Keywords PMIC, Power Systems, System Architecture, switch mode power supply, SMPS, DC-DC, LDO, ADC, functional Validation, test automation, Voltage Regulators, Battery Chargers, Battery Management/Gauging **Minimum Qualifications:** • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field. **Applicants**: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e-mail [disability-accomodations@qualcomm.com](mailto:disability-accomodations@qualcomm.com) or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found [here](https://qualcomm.service-now.com/hrpublic?id=hr_public_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0039028). Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with