Drimva

Qualcomm

SOC Design Verification Engineer – Data Center Solutions

$122K–$183K

San Diego, California · On-site · Full-time · Posted Sep 17, 2026

Experience
2+ years with a bachelor's degree; 1+ year with a master's degree; or PhD. Also states minimum 2+ years of design verification experience.
Education
Bachelor's or master's degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field. Minimum qualifications also accept a bachelor's or master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field, or a PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field.

About the job

Verifies complex data center SoCs through planning, testbench development, testing, debugging, and coverage closure to support first-silicon success.

What you'll do

  • Develop verification plans and System Verilog/UVM-based or processor-based environments, tests, assertions, coverage models, and checkers.
  • Debug SoC design and integration issues, drive functional and code coverage closure, and collaborate with design and architecture teams.
  • Verify data center SoC features and contribute to emulation, reusable components, automation, methodology improvements, and AI-assisted verification flows.

What they ask for

  • Strong knowledge of System Verilog, UVM, C, Assertion-Based Verification (SVA), Coverage-Driven Verification, and system-level use case verification.
  • Experience developing verification environments from architecture/specification through signoff.
  • Strong understanding of computer architecture and digital design fundamentals; experience debugging complex SoC-level issues.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience; OR master’s degree and 1+ year; OR PhD.

Nice to have

  • Experience in CPU, cache coherency, memory, high-speed interfaces, AI/ML accelerator, security/RAS, performance, power, or post-silicon verification.
  • Experience with Portable Stimulus (PSS), Formal Verification, emulation platforms, power-aware verification, Python or scripting, or AI-assisted verification.

Pay

$121,800.00 - $182,600.00 USD base salary

Tools

System Verilog, UVM, C, SVA, ACE, CHI, CXL, Python

AI focus

Contributes to AI-assisted verification flows and test generation, and verifies AI/ML accelerator functionality.

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