DDR IP validation and Firmware development (Senior/Lead/Staff)
Qualcomm
- Location
- Bangalore, India
- Work model
- On-Site
- Level
- Staff
- H-1B history
- 22 approvals (FY2023)
- Posted
- Sep 8, 2026
Skills
About this role
Company: Qualcomm India Private Limited Job Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering General Summary: As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives communication and data processing transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm ASIC Engineer, you will define, model, design (digital and/or analog), optimize, verify, validate, implement, and document IP (block/SoC) development for a variety of high performance, high quality, low power world class products. Qualcomm Engineers collaborate with cross-functional groups to determine product execution path. Minimum Qualifications: • Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience. OR Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience. OR PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience. Understand the IP architecture, work with IP Design/Verification teams to understand the validation requirements, develop/port/enhance the validation software content and bring up. Develop good quality Firmware, understand complex SW scenarios and debug the Firmware issues. Interface with Design/Software and other teams for the test plan and debugs. Validate the IP Functionality, expose weakness, find bugs and root cause them Use silicon debug hooks to measure power/performance/coverage and other KPI metrics Work with minimal Supervision. Mentor/guide junior co-workers. Good verbal and written communication skills MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor's/Master's degree in Electrical/Electronics/Computer science Engineering. 2 - 10 years Hardware Engineering experience or related work experience. Excellent understanding of Embedded systems, Soc Architecture, Processor Architecture and Memory interfacing. Excellent C expertise and hands-on experience on Firmware development/debug Must have Experience in IP Validation Experience in DDR and other High speed protocols is added advantage. Exposure to working on emulation/pre-si environment. Exposure to instruments like oscilloscope, Logic analyzer or any other instruments. Using JTAG based debuggers, compilers/linkers Should have good exposure to software development life cycle-Exposure to SoC architecture paradigms interconnects, power management, Knowledge of JTAG based debuggers/compilers/linkers. Software development for silicon enablement, silicon validation Exposure to scripting language preferably python Applicants : 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). 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. To all Staffing and Recruiting Agencies : Our Careers Site is