ASIC Validation Engineer at Qualcomm in Bengaluru, Karnataka, IN

Company: Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

General Summary:

Job Description

Strong programming skills in C and C++ for resource-constrained systems

Proficent in Python programming

Excellent knowledge in low level firmware/ baremetal HW/IP driver writing.

Root-cause analysis of silicon failures abd Hardware debug and failure isolation

Performance characterization and Power and thermal validation

Indepth understand of the HW is must

Should have exposure to Hardware initialization, Validation diagnostics development and firmware optimisations

Good knowledge of how to use embedded development tools such as JTAG and associated debug tools

Work experience on ARM Cortex platform/ MIPS/RISC-V cpus.

Work Experience with FPGAs based platforms is plus

Should have good knowledge of System software stack, Power Management, High speed peripherals, USB, SDIO,Ethernet,PCIe etc and memory subsystem like DDR/LPDDR etc.

Exposure to PCIe Gen4/Gen5/Gen6,25G/50G/100G/200G/400G Ethernet,CXL,DDR4/DDR5/LPDDR,SerDes,UCIe interface validation

Familiarity with software configuration management tools, defect tracking tools, and peer review.

Work Experience with FPGAs based platforms is plus

Work experience on Heterogeneous and Multiprocessor SoC platforms.

Exposure to Pre-Silicon environment with RTL Co-Simulations is plus point

Experience with development environments such as Linux, Git, Jira and Confluence

Strong communication skills to exchange ideas and work as a team

Responsibilities

Develop low-level drivers, bootloaders, BSPs, middleware, and application firmware.

Work closely with hardware,RTL and DV engineers to develop and debug.

Lead post-silicon bring-up and validation of given module of ASIC/SoC products.

Drive debug and root-cause analysis of silicon, firmware, and system-level issues.

Develop firmware and low-level software required for silicon bring-up, subsystem enablement, and debug.

Debug complex hardware-software integration issues using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, JTAG/SWD debuggers, and other laboratory equipment.

Analyze protocol traces, link training behavior, LTSSM states, error logs, and performance bottlenecks.

Develop production-quality software, including testing, documentation, static analysis, and CI/CD/CT

Develop Python-based automation frameworks for validation and regression testing.

Interacting with hardware, software and other teams to validate SoCs with minimum delays

Minimum Qualifications: • Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field.

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