Qualcomm
NPU Design Verification Engineer (Multiple Levels)
$160K–$240K
San Diego, California · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 22, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ years with a bachelor's degree, 3+ years with a master's degree, or 2+ years with a PhD; also asks for 2+ years in high-performance microprocessor design and 5+ years in digital design verification.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field is required; Master's is preferred.
About the job
Verifies the function, performance, and power characteristics of Hexagon DSP/NPU processor cores and subsystems, from verification planning and environment development through execution and customer integration support.
What you'll do
- Own unit and/or subsystem verification environments through all verification stages.
- Collaborate with architecture, design, and implementation teams to resolve verification issues.
- Help customers verify processor-core integration into larger SoC components.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in a related field and 4+ years of relevant work experience, or Master's and 3+ years, or PhD and 2+ years.
- 2+ years of experience with high-performance microprocessor design.
- 5+ years of digital design verification experience, including modern verification environments and techniques.
- Detailed understanding of SystemVerilog testbench verification environments and strong object-oriented programming skills.
Nice to have
- Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or Electrical Engineering.
- 5+ years of processor verification experience; knowledge of cache, memory coherency, interconnect, bus protocols, and processor integration.
Pay
$160,200.00 - $240,200.00 (base salary)
Tools
Hexagon, NPU, DSP, SystemVerilog
AI focus
Verification of processor cores used in AI applications.
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