Qualcomm
GPU Design Verification Engineer
$170K–$254K
San Diego, California +3 · On-site · Full-time · Posted Sep 17, 2026
- Location
- San Diego, California
Austin, Texas
Boxborough, Massachusetts
Santa Clara, California - Experience
- 4+ years with a bachelor's degree, 3+ years with a master's degree, or 2+ years with a PhD; preferred qualifications include 5+ years of related experience and 2+ years of relevant GPU experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's, master's, or PhD in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
About the job
Verifies GPU hardware and graphics IP through pre- and post-silicon testing, developing test environments and analyzing results to ensure correctness and performance goals.
What you'll do
- Create and maintain System Verilog/UVM verification test benches and environments, and develop testing frameworks and automation.
- Develop test methodology and test content with cross-functional teams; execute system-level tests, benchmarks, and compliance suites.
- Analyze test results to track benchmarks and identify issues; participate in GPU architecture and micro-architecture reviews.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of related work experience; or Master's degree in one of those fields and 3+ years; or PhD and 2+ years.
- Verification skills including test planning, scripting, simulation, problem solving, and debug.
- System Verilog, UVM, Verilog or VHDL, and C/C++ skills.
- Constrained-random testing, functional coverage development, and design debug experience.
Nice to have
- 2+ years relevant GPU experience; GPU-based or system/sub-system-level verification experience.
- Exposure to emulation/prototyping platforms such as Veloce, Palladium, Zebu, or FPGA.
Pay
$169,500.00 - $254,300.00 USD base salary
Tools
System Verilog, UVM, Verilog, VHDL, C/C++, Veloce, Palladium, Zebu
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