Monday, May 16, 2011

Job opportunities with Qualcomm Santa Clara

Wireless Modem Design Verification Engineer

Job Function
Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (a.k.a. QCT - http://www.qualcomm.com/qct/) is the largest provider of 3G/4G chipset and software technology in the world, with chipsets shipped to more than 50 customers and powering the majority of all 3G/4G devices commercially available. In 2010 Qualcomm was ranked 9th on Fortune's list of "100 Best Companies to Work For", making it our 11th year in the top 20. Qualcomm is actively seeking candidates for verification of wireless baseband designs in Santa Clara and San Diego. As a wireless verification engineer, you will be responsible for verifying wireless baseband designs by developing test plans and verification environments, and applying these to verify the designs.
Skills/Experience
-Strong critical thinking, problem solving and test planning skills.
-General knowledge in design process, digital design, design (hw/sw) verification tools and techniques, computer architecture, etc.
-3+ years of verification experience.
-Experience with one or more of: System Verilog, SVA, Vera .
-Experience with one or more of: OVM, VMM, RVM.
-Familiar with Verilog or VHDL.
-Scripting and automation skills: Unix/Linux shell programming, Perl, Java, Makefile, XML.
-Knowledge of wireless/wired communications and protocols or graphics/video multi-media is helpful, as are good written and oral communications skills.
Responsibilities
As verification is a rapidly changing field and consumes the majority of the design process, developing and deploying new verification methodologies is an essential part of the work you will do. Assertions, simulation, formal verification, HW-SW co-verification and constraint/HVL-based verification are all tools in our verification toolbox you will use on a daily basis.
Educational Requirements
Required: Bachelor's, Electrical Engineering
Preferred: Master's, Electrical Engineering

Zohaib Usmani