Qualcomm
Emulation Performance/Debug Engineer
$122K–$183K
San Diego, California +4 · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 16, 2026
- Location
- San Diego, California
Austin, Texas
Folsom, California
Hillsboro, Oregon
Santa Clara, California - Experience
- 5+ years of emulation and silicon experience preferred; minimum alternatives: 2+ years with a bachelor’s degree, 1+ year with a master’s degree, or no experience stated with a PhD.
- Education
- Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field; no equivalent-experience alternative stated.
About the job
Develops and supports SoC pre-silicon emulation platforms, including platform bring-up, build methodologies, and hardware/software debug.
What you'll do
- Develop and deploy emulation build-generation and debug methodologies across FPGA-based platforms.
- Prototype and bring up new SoC designs and emulation hardware/software; debug low-level software and hardware issues.
- Validate and debug digital circuits and support waveform generation and content debug.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of relevant work experience; or Master’s degree and 1+ year; or PhD.
- Expertise in Verilog / SystemVerilog.
- Experience with C programming and proficiency in Python and TCL.
- Experience in emulation and silicon environments, including FPGA platforms and timing closure.
Nice to have
- Cross-site collaboration, vendor engagements, and executive communication.
- Debug tools including JTAG and kernel debuggers.
Pay
$121,800.00 - $182,600.00 (base salary)
Tools
FPGA Prototyping, Veloce, Palladium, Verilog / SystemVerilog, C, Python, TCL, JTAG
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