GSoC Design Verification Engineer

## Company:
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

## Job Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

General Summary:

Qualcomm is a company of inventors whose   breakthrough   innovations   are accelerating progress   in data center technologies, connectivity, and new possibilities that   are transforming   industries,   creating opportunities , and   enriching   lives.   Bringing this potential to life requires   inventive minds with diverse skills, backgrounds, and   perspectives to develop   world-changing technologies and products. This is the Invention Age—and this is where you   can make an impact .

The Qualcomm   GSoC   HW team develops and delivers innovative, best-in-class products across advanced   compute   and connectivity domains. As part of the Global SoC organization, our   ASIC Design Verification Engineers   bring deep   expertise   in   CPUs, memory systems , High Bandwidth Compute (HBC), AI   inference acceleration, and   ASIC design and verification fundamentals , along with a strong   drive to   create   new solutions .   This role offers a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact on next-generation product lines, from data center solutions to AI/ML and autonomous driving technologies. You will join an exceptional global engineering team dedicated to pushing the boundaries of what is possible today and defining the platforms of the future.

Job Overview

We are   looking for   highly motivated new college graduates and experienced Design Verification Engineers to join our   GSoC   Design Verification team. In this role, you will   verify   next-generation Data Center SoCs that power AI, high-performance computing, mobile, and cloud infrastructure products. You will   partner   closely with architects, design engineers, software teams, and verification specialists to   build   scalable verification solutions, drive verification closure, and   support   first-silicon success for complex SoC designs.

This   role   provides   the opportunity to work on   advanced   technologies   such as   multi-core CPUs, cache coherency systems, memory subsystems, AI/ML accelerators, high-speed interconnects, security, and   modern   SoC   architecture .

As an SOC Verification Engineer, you will   be responsible for   ensuring the quality and functionality of System-on-Chip (SOC) designs through comprehensive verification processes. You will develop and implement verification methodologies, create test plans, and execute verification tests to   identify   and resolve design issues.   Additionally   i n this role,  you will   also   help   build   the AI-powered intelligent agents that   assist   engineers in areas such as Design Verification, regression management, debug automation, test planning, and design analysis.

Key Responsibilities:

- Develop and execute comprehensive verification plans for SoC, subsystem, and IP-level features.

- Design and implement scalable System Verilog/UVM-based and Processor-based verification environments.

- Create directed and constrained-random test scenarios to validate functionality and architectural use cases.

- Develop assertions, functional coverage models, and checkers.

- Debug RTL, testbench, and integration issues and work closely with design teams to resolve defects.

- Drive coverage closure using functional and code coverage metrics.

- Participate in architecture and design reviews to ensure verification requirements are incorporated early in the development cycle.

- Verify complex Data Center SoC features .

- Support emulation and acceleration-based verification when   required .

- Contribute to   methodology   improvements, automation, reusable verification components, and AI-assisted verification flows.

- Develop AI agents that automate engineering tasks across   domains   workflows.

- Build agent workflows using modern LLM frameworks and agent orchestration platforms.

- Create integrations between AI systems and engineering tools, databases, and knowledge repositories.

- Develop Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines for   system   documentation, specifications, and engineering knowledge.

Qualifications

- Bachelor's or master's degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.

- Strong knowledge of: System Verilog, UVM, C, Assertion-Based Verification (SVA), Coverage-Driven Verification, System level Use case verification

- Experience developing verification environments from architecture/specification through signoff.

- Strong understanding of computer architecture and digital design fundamentals.

- Experience debugging complex SoC-level issues.

- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

- Proficiency   in Python or scripting languages for automation.

- AI-assisted verification of workflows and test generation.

- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience in full-chip or subsystem verification environments.

- Experience with one or more of the following:

- CPU verification

- Cache coherency protocols (ACE, CHI, CXL)

- DDR or HBM memory systems

- PCIe, Ethernet, or networking protocols

- AI/ML accelerator   design   verification

- Security and RAS feature verification

- System   Power and   Performance verification

- Experience with: Portable Stimulus (PSS) ,   Formal Verification ,   Emulation platforms (Veloce/Palladium/ ZeBu ) ,   Power-aware verification

- Understanding of machine learning and Generative AI concepts.

- Knowledge of LLMs such as GPT, Claude, Llama, or equivalent models.

- Collaborate with RTL, DV, CAD, and AI platform teams to   identify   automation opportunities.

- Measure and track productivity improvements delivered through AI-enabled workflows.

- Contribute to internal AI platforms, reusable skills, tools, and agent libraries.

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

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits :
$98,500.00 - $147,700.00

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 – and you can review more details about our US benefits at this  link .

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