CPU Emulation Engineer

About the role

As a CPU Emulation Engineer at Qualcomm, you will be part of the CPU verification team, focusing on delivering emulation-based solutions for high-performance CPUs. You will collaborate closely with various disciplines within the CPU team, including RTL, performance, verification, and software teams.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with CPU RTL, performance, verification, and software teams to deliver emulation-based solutions.
• Architect and develop test bench infrastructure in C/C++ and Systemverilog for enabling CPU emulation across different platforms.
• Develop verification methodology to ensure a scalable and portable environment across simulation and emulation.
• Debug emulation performance and area issues to efficiently use emulation resources.
• Develop an environment to run verification test cases, OS boot, performance benchmarks, and other vectors.
• Develop debugging methodology to enable efficient debugging and root causing of CPU functional and performance issues.
• Develop and maintain the emulation environment to collect metrics related to emulation.
• Work closely with the emulation CAD team to resolve infrastructure issues and ensure productivity on emulation models.
• Execute verification plans, including design bring-up, DV environment bring-up, and regression enabling for all features under your care.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree with 3+ years, or a PhD with 2+ years.
• Experience with emulation platforms such as Palladium, Zebu, Veloce, or FPGAs.
• Experience with synthesizing and optimizing designs and verification components in synthesizable Verilog.
• Experience with C/C++ DPI transactors and monitors.
• Experience in scripting using Perl, Python, or shell scripts.

Qualifications

• Strong background in emulation platforms and CPU architecture.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Annual bonuses
• Stock programs
• Comprehensive healthcare coverage
• Retail plans
• Wellness programs
• Parenthood leave
• Flexible work options
• Professional development opportunities