Principal Design Verification Engineer - QGOV

Qualcomm

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San Diego, CA Posted 31 days ago $192,000–$288,000 / year
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Join Qualcomm Technologies Inc.’s Design Verification team as a senior verification engineer with over 10 years of experience in RTL design and embedded systems architecture. You will develop scalable verification methodologies for simulation and emulation environments, create comprehensive test plans for hardware building blocks and standard interfaces like PCIe, DDR, and USB, and own end-to-end DV tasks including coding test benches, writing assertions, and achieving coverage goals. Essential skills include expertise in Verilog/SystemVerilog, UVM-based verification, and experience with emulation platforms such as Palladium and Veloce. Additionally, familiarity with communication protocols, formal verification methodologies, and scripting languages like Perl or Python is highly desirable. This role involves working on large-scale silicon design projects, requiring a strong understanding of chip-level functional models and the ability to develop CAD infrastructure for test and debug automations.

Skills

Verilog System Verilog UVM Git Vivado Palladium Zebu Veloce Perl Python Linux

What you'll do

  • Develop verification methodology for scalable and portable environments across simulation and emulation.
  • Create test plans to verify hardware building blocks and standard interfaces like PCIE, DDR, USB.
  • Own end-to-end DV tasks including coding test benches, writing assertions, and achieving coverage goals.
  • Explore innovative DV methodologies to enhance the quality and efficiency of test benches.
  • Develop and maintain emulation environments to collect metrics related to performance and functionality.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of RTL/FPGA design experience in Verilog and embedded system architecture.
  • Extensive Design Verification expertise with simulation and emulation flows.
  • Development and maintenance of scalable verification environments across platforms.
  • Strong knowledge of communication protocols like PCIE, DDR, USB, I2C, SPI.
  • Experience with System Verilog/UVM for assertion and coverage-based verification.
  • Familiarity with formal verification methodologies and emulation platforms (Palladium, Zebu).
  • U.S. Government security clearance required.

Market check

Salary context

This $192,000–$288,000 range sits above 78% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$142,800–$230,100

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$157,050–$225,000

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

Qualcomm is a leading American semiconductor and telecommunications company based in San Diego, CA.

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