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Qualcomm is a leading American semiconductor and telecommunications company based in San Diego, CA.
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#Pre-Silicon Validation Engineer
The #Pre-Silicon Validation Engineer joins the ASICS Engineering team to support the development and validation of complex ASIC and FPGA-based designs. This role involves developing, deploying, and maintaining emulation environments for SoC designs while porting RTL designs onto platforms like Cadence Palladium, Siemens Veloce, or FPGA prototyping systems. The engineer will build testbenches, transactors, and verification infrastructure to enable early hardware and software co-validation. Day-to-day responsibilities include analyzing functional and performance issues, creating Python automation scripts for regression execution, and performing waveform analysis for root-cause identification. Key technical requirements include proficiency in SystemVerilog, C/C++, Linux shell scripting, and Python. The role addresses the critical challenge of hardware/software co-validation within complex SoC architectures, utilizing AI-driven productivity tools to accelerate verification, debug efficiency, and overall engineering workflows across various high-speed interfaces.