Qualcomm
Senior SoC Debug Engineer
$122K–$183K
San Diego, California · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 13, 2026
- Experience
- 5 to 8 years in pre-silicon and post-silicon enabling, bring-up, and platform-level failure analysis. Minimum qualifications also state: bachelor's degree and 2+ years of related work experience; OR master's degree and 1+ year; OR PhD.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field; OR master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field; OR PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field. Computer Engineering and/or Electrical Engineering preferred.
About the job
Brings up and debugs embedded SoC platforms in pre-silicon and post-silicon phases, developing faster debugging approaches and automating debug flows with generative AI.
What you'll do
- Bring up, debug, and analyze platform-level failures in pre-silicon and post-silicon phases.
- Develop and implement faster platform-debug solutions, isolating failing system components.
- Create partner debug strategies and plans for triaging component failures, including PVT and marginality issues; automate debug flows using Gen AI.
What they ask for
- 5 to 8 years of experience with pre-silicon and post-silicon enabling, bring-up, and platform-level failure analysis.
- RTL inspection and understanding of basic RTL.
- Gen AI knowledge and experience for automating the debug flow.
- Experience debugging low-level software and hardware issues and using debug tools including JTAG and lab equipment.
Nice to have
- Bachelor's in Computer Engineering and/or Electrical Engineering.
Pay
$121,800.00 - $182,600.00 USD (base salary)
Tools
RTL, JTAG, Logic Analyzer, Scope, Signal Generator, Gen AI
AI focus
Use Gen AI to automate the debug flow.
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