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Qualcomm is a leading American semiconductor and telecommunications company based in San Diego, CA.
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The Emulation Performance/Debug Engineer joins the SoC digital hardware organization's Emulation Team to support pre-silicon platforms. This role involves developing and deploying uniform global methodologies for emulation build generation and debug across various FPGA configurations. The engineer will perform pre-silicon prototyping, bring up new FPGA hardware and software, and resolve low-level software and hardware issues. Key responsibilities include the validation of digital circuits and debugging SoC building blocks like interconnects, power management, and bus protocols. Required technical skills include expertise in Verilog, SystemVerilog, C programming, and scripting with Python and TCL. The role requires proficiency in FPGA tools, timing closure techniques, and JTAG or kernel debuggers. The work focuses on the pre-silicon enablement of new SoC designs involving CPU/DSP cores, multimedia, memory interfaces, and various peripheral components to ensure functional integrity before silicon production.