SoC Infrastructure/NoC, Power & Performance Validation Engineer
$121,800 - $182,600 USD yearly
Originally posted September 24, 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role is responsible for SoC Infrastructure/NoC, Power and Performance Validation in pre-silicon emulation and post-silicon environments.
What you'll do
- Analyze SoC bandwidth, QoS, latency, and throughput across interconnect architectures including NoCs, AXI, and AHB.
- Develop performance validation plans and evaluate performance-power trade-offs across system low power modes and dynamic clock and voltage scaling operations.
- Write programs and stress transactions to validate upstream and downstream operations, memory hierarchy, coherency, and system concurrency.
- Design and implement drivers and test content using C, C++, Python, and assembly languages.
- Debug low-level software and hardware issues using JTAG-based debuggers, kernel debuggers, and state dump scripts.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or a related field with 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related experience (or Master's degree with 1+ year, or PhD).
- Experience with interconnect architectures including NoCs, AXI, AHB, and FIFO designs.
- Understanding of dynamic clock and voltage scaling operations, system low power modes, and static, leakage, and dynamic power.
- Proficiency in embedded systems programming using C, C++, Python, or assembly languages.
- Hands-on experience with debug tools, including JTAG and kernel debuggers.
- Understanding of CPU, DDR, memory hierarchy, cache coherency, and interrupt architecture.
Skills: NoC, SoC Validation, Power, Performance, JTAG, Emulation
More semiconductor jobs: Qualcomm jobs · Silicon validation jobs · San Diego jobs
First seen in our index 50 days ago, slightly above the 42-day median for Post-Silicon Validation roles.
Post-Silicon Validation · Silicon Validation
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Open roles in category
484
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Median days since first seen
42 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$168k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Qualcomm | All employers we track in this specialty (484 roles · 70 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 61 | 484 |
| Open roles in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family | 170 | 2491 · 122 employers |
| Median days since first seen | 44 d | 42 d (−2 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | n/a | $168k |
Skills observed across this category: NoC, SoC Validation, Power, Performance, JTAG, Emulation
Who's hiring in this category
- AMD · 66 open roles · median 40 d
- Qualcomm (this employer) · 53 open roles · median 42 d
- Apple · 29 open roles · median 22 d
- Micron Technology · 29 open roles · median 50 d
- NVIDIA · 27 open roles · median 44 d
- Microchip Technology · 21 open roles · median 91 d
How we counted: 484 open Post-Silicon Validation (Silicon Validation) roles from 70 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 14 Nov 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there, and is counted in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family row. Days are counted from when our index first saw each posting, not from the employer's original posting date.