Emulation Engineer - RISC -V

## Company: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. ## Job Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group > CPU Engineering General Summary: The Role You will work cross-functionally across all pre-silicon disciplines — architecture, microarchitecture, design, design verification, software, performance, and emulation/prototyping — communicating clearly across teams and geographies to develop, debug, and maintain complex system-level hybrid execution environments. These environments enable pre-silicon bring-up of system software and performance benchmarking workloads. Requirements * 8+ years of industry experience * Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in a relevant engineering field * Strong domain knowledge of computer architecture * Ability to work independently and across geographies Technical Background Emulation & Prototyping * Hands-on experience with commercial emulation platforms (Palladium, Mentor Veloce) and/or prototyping platforms (Protium, Primo, HAPS) * Expertise in transactor development, virtual prototyping, and advanced verification techniques (assertions, coverage, UPF) Hardware Design & Verification * Solid understanding of modern SystemVerilog for design and verification * Experience isolating and reproducing silicon bugs in emulation Software & Debug * Strong software development in compiled (C/C++) and interpreted (Python, Tcl) languages * Proven hardware/software co-debug skills * Working knowledge of firmware, OS (Linux, RTOS), and hypervisor (Xen, KVM) stacks for embedded and server applications Architecture & Interfaces * Familiarity with CPU architectures (RISC-V, x86, ARMv8), coherent communication protocols, and standard IO interfaces Infrastructure & Tooling * Experience building and maintaining production infrastructure automation, including execution * pipelines and observability and reporting frameworks Minimum Qualifications: • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience. OR Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience. OR PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience. Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e-mail disability-accomodations@qualcomm.com or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found here. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. 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