Senior/Lead SoC Verification Engineer – Emulation & FPGA Prototyping

Company:

Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Engineering

General Summary:

We are looking for an experienced Senior/Lead SoC Verification Engineer with 7+ years of ASIC/SoC/IP verification experience to drive verification and validation of complex designs across simulation, emulation, and FPGA prototyping environments.

The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in SystemVerilog/UVM, strong RTL debugging skills, and hands-on experience with hardware emulation, FPGA prototyping, and software-driven validation. This role involves close collaboration with design, architecture, firmware, and software teams to achieve robust verification and high-quality silicon.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute verification strategies for IP, subsystem, and SoC-level designs.
• Build scalable and reusable verification environments using SystemVerilog, UVM, SVA, scoreboards, and functional coverage.
• Drive functional verification, regressions, debug, coverage analysis, and verification closure.
• Debug complex RTL, testbench, firmware, and system-level issues across simulation, emulation, and FPGA platforms.
• Enable and support emulation, FPGA prototyping, software-driven validation, and pre-silicon bring-up.
• Collaborate with design, architecture, firmware, and software teams on system-level verification and validation.
• Improve verification productivity through automation, methodology enhancements, and reusable verification infrastructure.
• Lead technical discussions and mentor junior engineers.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical, Electronics, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 4 to 10 years of hands-on experience in ASIC, SoC, or IP verification.
• Strong expertise in SystemVerilog, UVM, SVA, constrained-random verification, functional coverage, and coverage closure.
• Good understanding of Verilog RTL, ASIC/SoC flows, CDC, reset verification, and low-power verification concepts.
• Strong programming/scripting skills in C/C++, Python, Tcl, Perl, or Shell.
• Experience with Git, regression automation, and CI/CD workflows.

Emulation & FPGA Prototyping

• Hands-on experience with Siemens Veloce/Veloce TBX, Cadence ZeBu, Palladium, or equivalent emulation platforms.
• Experience or familiarity with SCE-MI, DPI-C, transaction-based acceleration, co-emulation, hybrid verification, and software-driven validation.
• Experience with Xilinx/AMD FPGA prototyping and validation flows.
• Familiarity with UltraScale+, Versal architectures, and Vivado is preferred.

Protocol Expertise

Hands-on verification or debugging experience with one or more of the following: LPDDR5/LPDDR5X/LPDDR6, PCIe, Ethernet, USB, UART, I2C/I3C, MIPI C-PHY/D-PHY, AXI, AHB, or APB.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with large-scale and complex SoC verification environments.
• Strong exposure to emulation and FPGA-based system validation.
• Experience with software bring-up, system-level validation, and post-silicon debug.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted verification and design methodologies.
• Exposure to AI/Generative AI-based tools and automation frameworks for improving verification productivity.

What We're Looking For:

• Strong analytical and debugging skills with the ability to solve complex hardware/software interaction issues.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Strong ownership and ability to independently drive verification deliverables.
• Ability to lead technical discussions, influence engineering decisions, and mentor engineers.
• A proactive mindset with a strong commitment to quality, execution, and continuous improvement.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

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