Senior/Lead CPU Firmware Validation Engineer

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**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 4+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience. - OR - Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience. - OR - PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience. **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 Firmware validator, you will design, develop, create, modify C++ testcases to verify embedded firmware, applications, and/or specialized utility programs that launch cutting-edge, world class CPU products that meet and exceed customer needs - Qualcomm Firmware Validator collaborate with hardware, architecture, and post silicon teams to verify CPU based firmware along with hardware on a GIT repo **Preferred Qualifications:** - Master's degree in engineering, Computer architecture, Digital Design, Electronic Circuits or related field. - Firmware & Hardware Validation related work experience. - Decent Experience in System Verilog and C++ based test bench environment . - Work experience with Git, Perforce, or Source Code Management System. **Principal Duties and Responsibilities:** - Applies Firmware and Hardware knowledge to design, develop, create, modify tests to validate embedded firmware, applications, and/or specialized utility programs. - Analyzes user needs and firmware requirements to design and customize firmware for optimal operational efficiency. - Developing detailed Test and Coverage plans based on the Architecture and Micro-architecture. - Developing Verification environment, including all the respective components such as Stimulus, Checkers, Assertions, Trackers, and Coverage. - Developing Verification Plans and Testbenches for your functional domain. - Executing Verification Plans, including DV environment Bring-up, Regressions enabling all features under your care, and Debug of the test failures. - Tracking and report DV progress using a variety of metrics, including Bugs and Coverage. **Level of Responsibility:** - Experience in Functional verification by writing Test plans, portable Testbenches, Transactors, and Assembly code for CPU validation - Experience with different Verification Methodologies and Tools such as VCS Simulators, Coverage collection, Debug Techniques, Waveform viewers. - Ability to develop and work independently on a Block/Unit of the design. **Minimum Qualifications:** - Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Firmware Engineering or related work experience. - OR - Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 5+ years of Firmware Engineering or related work experience. - OR - PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Firmware Engineering or related work experience. - 3 - 8 years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Python, Perl, System Verilog, Debugging techniques, etc.