Senior Staff Formal Verification Engineer

Company

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > GPU ASICS Engineering

General Summary

About The Role

The Qualcomm® Adreno™ GPU takes PC platforms and mobile UI, games, and advanced graphics applications to the next level, providing users with stunning visuals and high-performance video streaming, enabling enhanced AI processing, and next-gen mobile gaming while optimizing power consumption.

In the fast-moving world of GPU Verification, Formal Methods are becoming crucial to the success of today's ever-accelerating development cycle. Qualcomm’s GPU team is looking for engineers with experience in Formal Verification who desire to be at the cutting edge of applied formal methods. We are offering the chance to become part of a dedicated team that will deploy Formal on the next generation of GPU designs. This is an opportunity to influence design & verification decisions and shape the future of technology that will fuel billions of devices world-wide!

In the role of GPU Senior Staff Formal Verification Engineer, your responsibilities will include the following:

• Develop deep understanding of 3D Graphics hardware pipeline, feature sets, data paths, block functionalities & interfaces; Prior knowledge of GPU Architecture is a big plus.
• Identify the critical Graphics areas to verify with Formal methods. Hands-on experience in strategizing, brainstorming, and developing Formal Property Verification (FPV) test-plan, developing an assertion-based verification testbench, debugging all RTL artefacts, and achieving formal sign-off matrices is a MUST.
• Collaborate with global GPU system architecture, RTL design, and DV teams to achieve the project goals.
• Engage with EDA vendors, explore new and innovative DV methodologies to push the limits of sign-off quality.
• Required proficiency with industry standard formal tools, hands-on experience writing SystemVerilog Assertions, solving formal proof complexity by applying various abstraction techniques, deep bug-hunting, coverage closure and achieving sign-off.
• Hands-on experience in other formal applications like DPV, C2RTL SEQ, RTL2RTL SEQ, etc. is a plus.
• Strong communication skills, ability to learn, improve, and deliver

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field and 6+ 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 5+ 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 4+ years of Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.

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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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Pay Range And Other Compensation & Benefits

$203,700.00 - $305,500.00

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.