CPU Post-Silicon RAS Engineer

Qualcomm

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Santa Clara, CA Posted 25 days ago $167,100–$250,700 / year
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TL;DR

As a post-silicon CPU RAS engineer at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., you will join the ARM ISA-based CPUs team to address Silent Data Corruption (SDC) and Silent Data Errors (SDE). Your primary responsibilities include developing C and assembly tests on silicon platforms to detect and root-cause failures, building robust correctness oracles, and analyzing customer-reported issues. You will collaborate closely with Customer Engineering, architecture, RTL, firmware, and post-silicon debug teams using techniques like performance counters and JTAG for debugging. Essential skills include proficiency in C, Python, ARM assembly, and a deep understanding of computer architecture concepts. Experience with silicon failures, hardware-firmware integration, and strong analytical and communication abilities are crucial. Preferred qualifications involve direct customer interaction and familiarity with RAS features.

Skills

C Python ARM assembly AWS Kubernetes Terraform Docker CI/CD PostgreSQL Git JTAG Performance counters Trace instrumentation Silicon bring-up Validation boards Datacenter stress testing Regression testing RAS Reliability features Customer engineering collaboration

What you'll do

  • Develop and run C and assembly tests on silicon to detect silent corruption in CPU pipelines.
  • Build robust correctness oracles to catch subtle wrong-answer failures in hardware systems.
  • Analyze customer-reported issues with data corruption or non-deterministic failures for root cause.
  • Work closely with Customer Engineering to reproduce and triage field issues efficiently.
  • Use post-silicon debug techniques like performance counters, trace, JTAG, and register dumps.
  • Reduce complex issues to minimal reproducible cases for efficient handoff to RTL teams.

What we're looking for

  • Strong C and ARM assembly programming skills.
  • Solid understanding of computer architecture and ARM ISA.
  • Experience debugging silicon failures and working with hardware/firmware/OS.
  • Ability to analyze and communicate technical issues effectively.
  • Familiarity with RAS features and reliability mechanisms.
  • Experience in post-silicon debug techniques and minimal repro creation.

Market check

Salary context

This $167,100–$250,700 range sits above 60% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$154,000–$241,500

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$168,500–$235,750

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

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About Qualcomm

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Qualcomm currently has 569 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $148,300–$224,400 across 536 roles with salary data.

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