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GPU Prototype and Validation Engineer, Staff

Nuvia

Nuvia

Santa Clara, CA, USA
USD 182,200-273,400 / year + Equity
Posted on Dec 4, 2025
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Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > GPU ASICS Engineering

General Summary:

As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm GPU Engineer, you may architect, design, implement, verify, and/or optimize the performance and power of GPU cores. Qualcomm Engineers collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet and exceed customer needs.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.

Job Description:

  • Support the architecture, construction, and synthesis of FPGA prototype platforms
  • Develop all aspects of hardware emulator implementation, with emphasis on design partitioning, synthesis, place and route, timing analysis & run time performance.
  • Create custom monitors, checkers and tools for debug of design operation
  • Support OS and full driver stack operation on prototype platforms
  • Work with Hardware, Software and Performance Analysis teams for execution and analysis of workloads on platform
  • Drive tests, benchmarks and compliance suite execution on prototype platform
  • Work with tool vendors and push the methodology to improve the area/performance of the synthesized FPGA RTL.
  • System level RTL simulation & design verification.
  • Support chip bring up and post silicon debug.
  • Debug functional and timing models.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Bachelors degree in Science, Engineering, or closely related field
  • 7+ years of experience in an IP or SOC design development team (Emulation, RTL, DV, etc)
  • 5+ years of hands-on experience in emulation/simulation acceleration/FPGA.
  • 4+ years in Design validation/Post-Silicon debug.
  • 4+ years of hands-on experience in creating high performance & area efficient emulation environments from RTL.
  • 4+ years of hands-on emulator platforms, platform bringup, digital design, verification, debugging, and waveform viewers
  • 4+ FPGA systems based on Xilinx or Altera FPGAs
  • 1+ Emulation methodologies, including in-circuit emulation, hybrid systems, or simulation acceleration

Desirable Skills:

  • MS degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent; 1 year of practical experience
  • Design Verification knowledge – UVM/System Verilog preferred
  • Knowledge of GPU/CPU/DDR/Bus preferred
  • Windows OS and/or Kernel Mode Driver exposure
  • Verilog and System Verilog experience.
  • Debugging system-level software, Debug RTL
  • Programming skills in C and C++
  • Scripting in Python, Tcl, or Perl
  • Knowledge of Vendor Emulation tools/Xilinx tools/Synthesis tools

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. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities. (Keep in mind that this email address is used to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. We will not respond here to requests for updates on applications or resume inquiries).

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EEO Employer: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification.

Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.

Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:

$182,200.00 - $273,400.00

The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer – and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.

If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.

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