GPU Post-Silicon Debug & Validation Engineer (Senior/Lead)

Company

Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Engineering

General Summary

Role Overview:

Qualcomm's GPU team is looking for talented Post-Silicon Debug & Validation Engineers to drive silicon bring-up, failure analysis, and validation of next-generation GPU IP.

As part of the GPU Post-Silicon Engineering team, you will work closely with GPU architects, design, verification, emulation, and software teams to debug complex silicon issues from initial bring-up through customer sampling.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
  
  

OR

Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

OR

PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive GPU post-silicon bring-up, validation, and debug.
• Analyze and root-cause complex silicon failures across hardware and software.
• Improve pre-silicon verification and post-silicon validation coverage.
• Debug issues using JTAG, kernel debuggers, emulation platforms, and silicon debug tools.
• Work closely with architecture, RTL design, verification, and software teams to develop end-to-end solutions for silicon issues.
• Support failure analysis and debugging of customer-returned devices.
  
  

Required Skills

• Strong understanding of post-silicon bring-up, validation, and debugging methodologies.
• Good understanding of computer architecture and ASIC design/verification flows.
• Experience with Verilog/SystemVerilog, UVM, C/C++, and Python.
• Familiarity with AHB/AXI protocols.
• Experience with emulation environments and silicon debug tools, including JTAG and kernel debuggers.
• Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills.
  
  

Good To Have

• Understanding of GPU architecture and graphics pipelines.
• Exposure to graphics/compute APIs such as Vulkan, Direct3D, OpenGL, or OpenCL.
  
  

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