Qualcomm

Modem DV - Staff Engineer

Posted on: 5 Feb 2021

San Diego, CA

Job Description

Company:

Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Engineering

Job Overview:

Qualcomm is a company of inventors that unlocked 5G ushering in an age of rapid acceleration in connectivity and new possibilities that will transform industries, create jobs, and enrich lives. But this is just the beginning. It takes inventive minds with diverse skills, backgrounds, and cultures to transform 5Gs potential into world-changing technologies and products. This is the Invention Age - and this is where you come in.

Job Function:

Candidate will be responsible for design verification of next generation modem sub systems for mobile phones, wearables and IOT chips. Candidate will be working on ASIC designs on the latest technology nodes. This role will require the candidate to understand and work on all aspects of VLSI Verification cycle like Testbench architecture, Verification Planning, Testbench and Test development, Verification closure with best-in-class methodologies including simulation, emulation, GLS and Formal techniques. Candidate will require close interactions with Design, SoC , Validation, Synthesis & PD teams for design convergence. Candidate must be able to take ownership of IP/Block/SS verification. Incumbent will be analyzing HW design spec and develop a verification test plan/strategy for it. He/She will work with design team on RTL debug during Pre-silicon HW development phase.

Skills/Experience :

8-13 years of strong experience in digital front end ASIC design verification
Bachelors or Masters Degree in Engineering in Electronics, VLSI, Communcations or related field.

Expertise in RTL verification in C/SystemVerilog/UVM of complex designs with multiple clock and power domains
Being adaptable and have ability to work at various abstraction levels: Block/Core/IP/SS level.
Demonstrate strong coding skills in System Verilog and UVM.
Develop verification environment and testbench components such as BFMs and checkers.
Ability to code Assertion for temporal logic testing.
Scripting languages like Perl/Python and development test automation framework for regression automation.
Deep understanding of Code/Functional coverage report, identify coverage holes, ability to develop new tests and closing design coverage with design/systems team.
Performance verification for throughput/latency analysis of Modem Usecases.
Experience in low power verification methodology and clock domain crossing designs
Experience of PA GLS verification of DC and PD PG Netlist.
Familiarity with various bus protocols like AHB, AXI
Experience with Formal Verification is a plus.
Experience in Modem/Wireless IP verification on wireless technologies like NR, LTE, WCDMA, CDMA, WLAN, Bluetooth is a plus.
Experience in post-Si debug is a plus
Good documentation skills
Should possess good communication skills to ensure effective interaction with Engineering Management and team members.
Should be self-motivated with good teamwork attitude and need to function with minimal guidance or supervision

Responsibilities:

Digital design verification working in close collaboration with Multi-site Teams across US and India and other Geos.
Work in close coordination with Systems, Design, SoC team , SW team, Validation & DFT teams to get the goals completed.
Lead junior engineers and drive project planning and tracking.
Developing the Verification Strategy, Testbench architecture and implementing the design verification plan and tests using SV/UVM/C.
HW verification using Cadence and Synopsys simulator tools, SV/UVM based TB development, Regression analysis, bug-triage.
Formal Verification using Jasper, VCF etc.
Power Aware Verification on RTL and DC/PD Gate lebel Netlist.
Conducting High-/Mid-/Low- level verification reviews, coverage closure and sign-off on block and Sub-system testing.
Assisting SOC team with IP Integration testing at SOC level.
Post-Silicon Debugs in close collaboration with Design, Validation and SW teams.
Self-Motivated to Execute the defined tasks almost independently with minimal guidance

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Qualcomm

San Diego, CA

QUALCOMM Incorporated designs, develops, manufactures, and markets digital communication products worldwide. It operates through three segments: Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (QCT); Qualcomm Technology Licensing (QTL); and Qualcomm Strategic Initiatives (QSI). The QCT segment develops and supplies integrated circuits and system software based on code division multiple access (CDMA), orthogonal frequency division multiple access, and other technologies for use in wireless voice and data communications, networking, application processing, multimedia, and global positioning system products.

The QTL segment grants licenses or provides rights to use portions of its intellectual property portfolio, which include various patent rights useful in the manufacture and sale of wireless products comprising products implementing CDMA2000, wideband CDMA, CDMA time division duplex, long term evolution, and/or fifth generation standards and their derivatives. The QSI segment invests in early-stage companies in various industries, including automotive, Internet of things, mobile, data center, and healthcare for supporting the design and introduction of new products and services for voice and data communications, and new industry segments.

The company also provides products and services for mobile health; products designed for the implementation of small cells; development, and other services and related products to the United States government agencies and their contractors; and software products, and content and push-to-talk enablement services to wireless operators. In addition, it licenses chipset technology, and products and services for use in data centers. QUALCOMM Incorporated was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

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