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# SoC Infrastructure/NoC, Power & Performance Validation Engineer

- **Company:** Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
- **Location:** San Diego, CA, United States (Remote available)
- **Salary:** $121,800.0 - $182,600.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C (Programming Language), Assembly Language, C++ (Programming Language), Software Debugging, Digital Electronics, Logic Synthesis of Circuits, Joint Test Action (IEEE Standards), Python (Programming Language), Kernel Debuggers, Network Switches, Performance Testing, Application Specific Integrated Circuits, Caching, Generative AI, Low Latency, Performance Monitor
- **Published:** September 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/d430fbcf-ea61-4310-9262-4ca51312ef0b

## About the Role

The candidate is expected to have an excellent understanding of digital design fundamentals, on-chip interconnects, writing content to validate and analyze SOC bus architecture ,performance and power., * SOC Bandwidth, QoS, Latency and Throughput analysis

 + Interconnect architectures - NoCs,AXI, AHB etc. Knowledge of upstream and downstream operations and the ability to write programs to stress their transactions for appropriate coverage
 + Solid expertise in various FIFO designs and related performance/functionality aspects
 + Come up with thorough performance validation plans and work closely with team members to ensure Performance-Power trade-offs are factored in
 + System Low power modes
 + Dynamic clock and voltage scaling operations
 + Interrupt architecture
 + Debug architecture - interactions with JTAG based debuggers, state dump scripts
 + Performance monitor architecture
 + Thorough understanding of CPU and DDR concepts, Mumtimedia, GPU, Peripheral,
 + Memory hierarchy and caches - coherency, consistency (ordering), memory types and attributes, synchronization & semaphores, full-system concurrency, MTE, MPAM
 + Experience in embedded systems/expertise in C, C++, Python and assembly languages
 + Design and Implementation of drivers and test content
 + Debugging low level software and hardware issues
 + Fundamental understanding of Static, Leakage and Dynamic power in a semiconductor design
 + Familiarity in debug tools including JTAG and kernel debuggers
 + Structured program development concepts
 + Logical thinking and problem-solving ability with focus on Power, Performance and SoC System feature validation
 + Experience leveraging Generative AI technologies for optimizing workflows, Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 5+ years of ASIC Design, Validation, Verification, or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of ASIC Design, Validation, Verification, or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of ASIC Design, Validation, Verification, or related work experience., Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field.

## Description

Qualcomm's validation team is part of the central Global 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. The team is currently seeking candidate specifically for SOC Infrastructure/NoC, Power and Performance Validation in pre-silicon emulation and post-silicon., 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 here. 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. We will not respond here to requests for updates on applications or resume inquiries).


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