Staff Formal Verification Engineer - Qualcomm - Cambridge, UK

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies International Ltd

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

General Summary:

About Us

 

The Cambridge office is a key hub for Qualcomm’s innovation in Voice & Music, Wearables, Automotive, and IoT technologies, with engineering excellence spanning analogue and digital design, advanced systems, and OEM support as well as has a small presence of Qualcomm's GPU (Adreno) and Custom-CPU teams.

 

Located in the heart of Cambridge Business Park, our site is home to over 350 employees, including engineers, corporate functions, and support teams with regional and global responsibilities.

 

About The Role

 

The Qualcomm® Adreno™ GPU takes PC platforms and mobile UI, games, and advanced graphics applications to the next level, providing users with stunning visuals and high-performance video streaming, enabling enhanced AI processing, and next-gen mobile gaming while optimizing power consumption.

 

In the fast-moving world of GPU Verification, Formal Methods are becoming crucial to the success of today's ever-accelerating development cycle. Qualcomm’s GPU team is looking for engineers with experience in Formal Verification who desire to be at the cutting edge of applied formal methods. We are offering the chance to become part of a dedicated team that will deploy Formal on the next generation of GPU designs. This is an opportunity to influence design & verification decisions and shape the future of technology that will fuel billions of devices world-wide!

 

In the role of GPU Formal Verification Engineer, your project responsibilities will include the following,

• Develop deep understanding of 3-D Graphics hardware pipeline, feature sets, data paths, block functionalities & interfaces
• Strategize, brainstorm, and develop Formal Property Verification (FPV) test-plan, develop an assertion-based verification testbench, debug all RTL artefacts, and achieve formal sign-off matrices
• Collaborate with global GPU system architecture, RTL design, and DV teams to achieve the project goals
• Engage with EDA vendors, explore new and innovative DV methodologies to push the limits of sign-off quality
• Required proficiency with industry standard formal tools, hands-on experience writing SystemVerilog Assertions, solving formal proof complexity by applying variaous abstraction techniques, deep bug-hunting, coverage closure and achieving sign-off
• Knowledge of GPU Architecture is not required, but a plus
• Hands-on experience in other formal applications like DPV, C-to-RTL SEQ, RTL-to-RTL SEQ, etc. is a plus
• Strong communication skills, ability to learn, improve, and deliver

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

*References to a particular number of years experience are for indicative purposes only. Applications from candidates with equivalent experience will be considered, provided that the candidate can demonstrate an ability to fulfill the principal duties of the role and possesses the required competencies.

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