Job Description

:Company: Qualcomm India Private LimitedJob Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group
Hardware EngineeringGeneral 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: xe2x80xa2 Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 6+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
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Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 5+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
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PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.Qualcomm's SoC Validation Team (SVE - System SOC/silicon Validation) is part of the central SoC digital hardware organization responsible for the overall quality of the SoC silicon. The Validation team works closely with architects, designers, verification engineers, software engineers, and customers.We are looking for self-motivated engineers who will be part of bare-metal SoC validation team and will have the following responsibilities.ResponsibilitiesDesign, develop, debug system/IP validation framework to be used in bare-metal and light-weight-RTOS environment for SoC validation in one of the areas mentioned belowUnderstand the SoC architecture, new features and prepare test planDevelop/port/enhance system validation content based on system level use cases, low power use cases, find HW bugs and root cause themInterface with Design/Verification/Software/Customer Engineering teams for test plan and debugsInterface with various IP validation team and cross functional teams(Design/Verification/SW) for test plan creation and debug complex issuesUse silicon debug hooks to measure power/performance/coverage and other KPI metricsManage a team of silicon validation team membersMinimum Qualification:Bachelor's/Masterxe2x80x99s degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering/Computer Science or related field11+ years of working experience in SOC validation (Candidates with less experience with good academics from premier institutes can also be considered)Mandatory Skills:Good knowledge and understanding of Embedded SW architecture and development in C, C++, AssemblyC language expertise for low level programming, assembly language for any processor, C-assembly interworkingHands on end to end experience in one or more of the IP validation flow from architecture review, testplan creation, testcases development, execution, debugs: CPUSS, DDRSS, Multimedia (Camera, Video, Display, GPU) blocksGood Experience in working closely with Design/Verification/Arch/Customer Engineering teams for IP/SOC validation planning, execution and debugsGood knowledge of ARM/X86/PowerPC CPU architecture, Interrupt handling, Cache coherency, IO CoherencyGood knowledge of SoC architecture having Multicore/Multiprocessor with SMP/heterogenous cores, memory management, CPU conceptsHaving experience of managing team members as people managerCompiler/Linker: Proficient in using compilers and linkers such as GCC, CLANG, RVDS, LLVM, Experience in optimizing code and resolving linker issues to ensure efficient and error free buildsExperience in using JTAG interfaces and tools for debugging SOC/silicon design issuesScripting languages such as Python, shell scripting etc.Desired SkillsExposure to SoC architecture paradigms xe2x80x93 interconnects, power management, emulation(pre-Si) environmentExposure to working on emulation/pre-si environment is added advantageExperience working with boot code for ARM processorsKnowledge of Operating systems/RTOS/Linux kernel internals, multithreading, scheduling policies/locking mechanism, Virtual memory/MMU/paging etcSoftware development for silicon enablement, silicon validation, design issue debugsBoard Bring-up/Bring-up of hardware-software solution on FPGA/emulation platforms and on fresh SOC designsExposure to build automation: Experience with build automations tools such as Jenkins and experience in creating automated build pipelines to stream line the development processExposure to Regression testing: Understanding of the regression testing methodologies and tools. Ability to design, implement and execute comprehensive regression test suites to ensure software quality and stabilityCode Reviews: Ability to conduct thorough and constructive code reviews to maintain code quality, ensure best practices and identify the areas of improvementsApplicants: 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 or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found . Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities. (Keep in mind that this email address is used to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. 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