CPU Design Verification & Power Analysis Engineer (Staff/Senior Staff)

Company:

Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Engineering

General Summary:

As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm Hardware Engineer, you will plan, design, optimize, verify, and test electronic systems, bring-up yield, circuits, mechanical systems, Digital/Analog/RF/optical systems, equipment and packaging, test systems, FPGA, and/or DSP systems that launch cutting-edge, world class products. Qualcomm Hardware Engineers collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop solutions and meet performance requirements.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

Experience: 7–15 Years
Level: Staff / Senior Staff

Role Overview:

We are looking for an experienced Design Verification & Power Analysis Engineer to drive power-vector development, execution, analysis, and power-window extraction across simulation, emulation, and silicon-validation environments.

The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Design Verification, low-power verification, waveform debugging, power analysis, and cross-functional execution.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute DV power vectors covering workloads, power states, transitions, boot flows, retention, reset, and stress scenarios.
• Bring up and maintain simulation, emulation, and power-aware verification environments.
• Analyze waveforms, activity dumps, power reports, and execution logs to identify meaningful power-analysis windows.
• Extract power windows for: Peak & average power Dynamic voltage drop / IR-drop Thermal analysis Pre-silicon vs. post-silicon correlation
• Debug vector failures, power-state sequencing issues, missing activity, waveform mismatches, and unexpected power behavior.
• Work closely with DV, Design, Power, Physical Design, Emulation, PTE, and Post-Silicon teams.
• Maintain traceability across test cases, configurations, waveforms, extracted windows, and vector collateral.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Electrical, Electronics, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 7–15 years of experience in Design Verification, power-aware verification, power-vector development, or power analysis.
• Strong understanding of: RTL simulation & waveform analysis SystemVerilog / UVM Low-power design concepts Power states, clock gating, retention & isolation Simulation, emulation, GLS, and/or silicon-validation flows Power estimation & activity analysis
• Scripting experience with Python, Perl, Shell, or Tcl.
• Hands-on experience with waveform-debug and power-analysis tools.
• Ability to identify representative, peak, and corner-case power windows.
• Strong debugging, analytical, documentation, and communication skills.

Good to Have:

• UPF / power-intent verification
• CPU, SoC, memory, interconnect, or subsystem-level power knowledge
• Dynamic voltage drop, IR-drop, VMIN, or thermal analysis
• Emulation platforms and large-scale workload execution
• Pre-silicon and post-silicon power correlation
• Understanding of frequency-voltage operating points and power-performance trade-offs

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