GPU Design Verification Engineer, Staff

San Diego, CA, United States

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > GPU ASICS Engineering

General Summary:

Architects, designs, implements, verifies, and optimizes performance and power of GPU cores. Responsible for verification of Graphics IP , and performing pre- and post-silicon verification to verify correctness and ensure performance and power goals are met.

The responsibilities of this role include:

Owning and executing on key independent tasks towards program requirements

Using verbal and written communication skills to convey basic, routine factual information about day-to-day activities to others who are fully knowledgeable in the subject area.

Working within prescribed timeline requirements and resource constraints

Applying independent creative thought to troubleshoot technical problems or deal with novel circumstances.

Research through available resources and engagement with various inter-disciplinary teams

Using deductive problem solving to solve moderately complex problems; most problems have defined processes of diagnosis/detection; some limited data analysis may be required.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Applies Graphics knowledge and experience to architect, design, implement, and verify the structure and performance of GPU hardware, drivers, features, applications, and tools.

Creates and maintains verification test benches and environments in System Verilog/UVM

Create and leverage advanced testing frameworks to generate and recreate real-world system integration conditions

Collaborates with Architecture, Software , Firmware, Design , Modeling, Emulation and Post-silicon validation teams to define and develop test methodology and content

Participate in GPU architecture, micro-architecture reviews

Collect, organize and execute various forms of system level test content including directed testcases, gaming benchmarks, standards compliance testsuites, and system level scenarios

Build automation for continue integration and testing based on latest GPU IP

Help collect and analyze test results using straightforward statistics and data predictions to track benchmarks and identify issues

Works with team members to understand and align on narrow scope of feature development and meet targets.

Write technical documentation and feature descriptions for straightforward projects under the direction of a supervisor.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.

OR

Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.

OR

PhD in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

5+ years Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience

Verification skills: Test planning, Scripting, Simulation, problem solving and debug.

System Verilog, UVM, Verilog or VHDL, C/C++ skills required.

Constrained random, Functional Coverage development, design debug experience required.

Exposure to Emulation/Prototyping Platforms (Veloce, Palladium, Zebu, FPGA)

Master's Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.

2+ years relevant GPU experience (either external or internal).

PREFERRED SKILLS

Experience in GPU based verification

Experience in system or sub-system level verification

Concurrency, Preemption, Stress testing frameworks

Testbench Architecture and Implementation

GFX API Exposure : Vulkan/DX11/DX12 Exposure

Scripting and automation skills (Python, Make, Airflow etc)

Embedded FW Development and Debugging

Benchmarking and Performance Analysis

Windows and/or Linux OS Kernel Architecture

C/C++, GNU Toolchain, Visual Studio

Formal verification - FPV and DPV experience is a plus

Experience with emulation/prototyping/hybrid build and execution flows (Veloce, Palladium, Zebu, Protium, HAPS, qemu)

Development of synthesizable transactors, monitors, scoreboards for emulation platforms

Embedded FW and/or Kernel level development and debugging skills (C/C++, Makefile, gdb, uboot, uefi, kernel-mode drivers)

This role is available in multiple locations at different levels.

The compensation range will be determined upon the offer location and title.

Although this role has some expected minor physical activity, this should not deter otherwise qualified applicants from applying. If you are an individual with a physical or mental disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, please call Qualcomm’s toll-free number found here (https://qualcomm.service-now.com/hrpublic?id=hr_public_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0039028) for assistance. Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations, upon request, to support individuals with disabilities as part of our ongoing efforts to create an accessible workplace.

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Pay range:

$151,000.00 - $255,500.00

The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer!

If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers (http://www.qualcomm.com/contact/corporate) .

EEO Employer: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification

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