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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