CPU Verification Engineer (RISC-V)
QualcommJob Title
CPU Verification Engineer (RISC-V)
Role Summary
Validate CPU and SoC micro-architectures with a focus on RISC-V. Work with CPU and SoC architects to develop verification plans, create scalable verification environments, execute regressions, and ensure the design is launch-ready.
Experience Level
Mid-level — typical experience expectations per minimum qualifications: BS +4 years, MS +3 years, or PhD +2 years of relevant engineering experience.
Responsibilities
Deliver verification for assigned CPU/SoC domains from planning through bring-up and debug.
- Collaborate with CPU and SoC architects to translate architecture into verification plans and requirements.
- Develop detailed test and coverage plans and scalable verification methodology.
- Implement verification environments: stimulus, checkers, assertions, trackers, and coverage infrastructure.
- Create portable testbenches, transactors, and assembly-level tests for block and subsystem verification.
- Execute verification activities: design bring-up, DV environment bring-up, regression runs, and failure debug.
- Track and report verification progress and metrics, including bugs and coverage.
Requirements
Must-have technical skills and experience; nice-to-have items listed separately.
- Extensive knowledge of instruction set architectures, particularly RISC-V.
- Deep understanding of microprocessor verification areas: cache coherence, memory ordering/consistency, prefetching, branch prediction, renaming, speculative execution, and address translation/MMU.
- Experience with random instruction sequencing (RIS) and block/subsystem/chip-level verification.
- Experience writing test plans, portable testbenches, transactors, and low-level assembly tests.
- Familiarity with verification tools and flows: simulators, coverage collection, gate-level simulation, waveform viewers, and mixed-signal verification.
- Proven ability to debug complex failures and work independently on a design block/unit.
- Experience leading or mentoring small verification teams (preferred).
- Nice-to-have: formal methods, assertions-based verification, and silicon bring-up experience.
Education Requirements
Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field. Qualifications may be met by equivalent practical experience as specified: BS +4 years, MS +3 years, or PhD +2 years of relevant engineering experience.
About the Company
Company: Qualcomm
Headquarters: San Diego, California, United States
Qualcomm is a global leader in semiconductor and telecommunications equipment, specializing in mobile technologies and innovations. Known for its Adreno GPUs, the company provides solutions enabling advancements in mobile gaming, AI, VR/AR, and autonomous driving. Qualcomm's cutting-edge technology and commitment to high-performance, power-efficient designs drive the evolution of mobile graphics and connectivity worldwide.
