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$174k – $262k per year
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Staff · 9+ years exp

Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 3, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 21, 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 > ASICS Engineering

General Summary:

Qualcomm's Silicon Validation team is part of the central SoC digital hardware organization responsible for the overall quality of the SoC silicon. The validation team works closely with architects, designers, verification engineers, software engineers, and customers. We are currently seeking a Senior candidate for the position to perform of SoC Debug Engineer for Server/Compute/Mobile chipsets.

Key Responsibilities:

In this role, the candidate will support these critical roles:

  • Lead Bring up, debug, analyze failures at the embedded platform level in both pre-Si and post-Si phase
  • RTL inspection and dive in required to root cause pre-si debug and JTAG and Si exposure to root cause post-si issues
  • Lead on initiatives for faster debug at the platform level including isolating failing components of a system
  • Creating and leading debug strategies and plans for partners to more rapidly triage failures to isolate specific components including PVT and marginality issues.
  • Perform real-time debugging and troubleshooting of server hardware, including motherboards, processors, memory, storage devices, power supplies, and networking components.
  • Investigate manufacturing defects, determine root causes, and implement corrective actions to improve product quality and reliability

Minimum Qualifications:

9+ years of experience with pre-si and post-silicon enabling, bring-up , analyze failures at the embedded platform level

RTL inspection and understanding of basic RTL

Need to have experience solving ample of complex debug in pre-si and post-si phases

Lead the effort for develop and implement solutions for faster debug at the platform level including isolating failing components of a system

Creating debug strategies and plans for partners to more rapidly triage failures to isolate specific components including PVT and marginality issues

SysDebug lead roles to drive complex issues to Root-Cause

Debugging low level software and hardware issues

Debug tools including JTAG

Using Lab Equipment (Logic Analyzer, Scope, Signal Generator etc…)

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Strong programming and scripting languages (C, Assembly, Perl, Python, etc.)
  • Good understanding of power and performance
  • Strong Knowledge of TCU, PVT, Fmax, Vmin test methodology and hands-on experience
  • CPU and SoC architectures for Server/Compute/Mobile chipsets.
  • Hands on experience in handling server specific use-cases including Server Boot Configuration and Server Reset Scenarios.
  • Debug experience of Server Reboot stress scenarios including both Cold and Warm boot.
  • Knowledge of multi-die secure boot flow and debugs involved in multi-die configuration

Educational Requirements:

Required: Master's, Computer Engineering and/or Electrical Engineering

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 6+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

OR

Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 5+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

OR

PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, 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 [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 :

$174,400.00 - $261,600.00

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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