Qualcomm
CPU Post-Silicon Validation Engineer - Multiple Levels
$155K–$233K
Santa Clara, California +2 · On-site · Full-time · Posted Sep 17, 2026
- Location
- Santa Clara, California
Austin, Texas
San Diego, California - Experience
- 5+ years’ experience; 3+ experience in Silicon Validation and bring up.
- Education
- BA/BS degree in CS/EE.
About the job
Prepares and supports bring-up and validation of custom CPU silicon from first silicon through productization.
What you'll do
- Develop CPU bring-up and validation test plans, test content, and testing strategies with CPU design, verification, SoC bring-up, and software teams.
- Prepare for bring-up on emulation and FPGA platforms; triage and debug silicon failures and reproduce them on emulators and FPGAs.
- Propose and architect debug features to improve future CPU bring-up.
What they ask for
- BA/BS degree in CS/EE.
- 5+ years’ experience.
- 3+ experience in Silicon Validation and bring up.
- Embedded firmware implementation in assembly and C/C++, with experience using assemblers, C compilers, Makefiles, and source code control tools.
Nice to have
- Strong understanding of micro-processor architecture and power management or physical design concepts.
- Experience in CPU silicon bring-up and validation, silicon issue debug, CPU design and verification, or CPU validation test development.
Pay
$155,400.00 - $233,200.00 (base salary)
Tools
assembly, C/C++, assemblers, C compilers, Makefiles
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