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Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 29, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 9, 2026. Qualcomm scores B on the Alion truth index.

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Qualcomm is an American semiconductor and wireless technology company founded in 1985 and headquartered in San Diego, California. It holds foundational patents in CDMA and the 3G, 4G and 5G cellular standards, licensing them to nearly every handset maker in the world, while its chip division designs the Snapdragon platforms that power a large share of Android smartphones, personal computers, wearables and connected cars. The company has been diversifying away from smartphone dependence into automotive digital cockpit and driver assistance systems, industrial internet of things, and on-device AI processing through its Hexagon and Oryon architectures.

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > DSP Architecture and Design

General Summary:

A variety of high performance, low power Hexagon/NPU cores are at the heart of Qualcomms multi-tier mobile SOC, Server, IoT, Automotive roadmap. The Hexagon architecture is designed to deliver performance with low power and area over a variety of applications like Audio, Modem, AI, IoT and Automotive The successful candidate will verify the correct function, performance, and power characteristics of a new high performance, low-power Hexagon DSP/NPU processor core and associated subsystems, collaborate with digital architects and designers to develop verification plans, implement verification environments, and effectively execute verification strategies, with the following responsibilities:

Responsible for owning a unit and/or subsystem verification environment through all stages of the verification process Responsible for working closely with architecture, design, and implementation teams to address the full spectrum of verification issues in modern design processes. Responsible for working with customers to which we deliver core IP to help them verify the integration of the processor core in larger components of an SOC Responsible for maintaining a current knowledge of industry trends and activities, and taking the steps necessary to make sure that Qualcomm is on the leading edge of the technology.

Minimum Qualifications:

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

OR

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.

OR

PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.

• 2+ years of experience with high-performance microprocessor design.

Minimum Qualification:

Qualification Bachelor's, Computer Engineering and/or Computer Science and/or Electrical Engineering 5+ year experience in digital design verification, including modern verification environments and techniques Detailed understanding of SystemVerilog Testbench verification environment is required. Excellent programming background and skills are required; in particular, a strong background in Object-Oriented programming.

Preferred Qualification:

Qualification Master's, Computer Engineering and/or Computer Science and/or Electrical Engineering 5+ year of experience in processor verification Knowledge of cache, memory coherency, interconnect, bus protocol, and processor integration is a strong plus

Education

Requirement Bachelor's, Computer Engineering and/or Computer Science and/or Electrical Engineering, is required Master's, Computer Engineering and/or Computer Science and/or Electrical Engineering, is preferred.

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 [email protected] 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).

To all Staffing and Recruiting Agencies:Our Careers Site is only for individuals seeking a job at Qualcomm. Staffing and recruiting agencies and individuals being represented by an agency are not authorized to use this site or to submit profiles, applications or resumes, and any such submissions will be considered unsolicited. Qualcomm does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications from agencies. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Qualcomm employees or any other company location. Qualcomm is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes/applications.

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 rangeand Other Compensation & Benefits :

$160,200.00 - $240,200.00

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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