Qualcomm Hardware CPU GPU SoC Digital Design DV Engineering Internship – Summer 

United States, California 

679003105

Job Area:

Interns Group, Interns Group > Interim Engineering Intern - HW

As a Qualcommyou’ll have the opportunity to push the boundaries of what exists and help establish the new standards for tomorrow. You will leverage your electrical and/or computer engineering degree to work on one of the following Qualcomm multi-disciplinary teams: System (architecture, modeling, power, thermal as well as silicon profiling ), Front-end Design (micro-architecture, modeling, RTL), Implementation (synthesis & timing constraints), Design-for-Test (DFT), Physical Design (Place & route, CTS, timing closure), Pre-silicon Verification (DV), Emulation, Post-silicon Validation (VI), CAD, GPU Design, and Machine Learning.

Minimum Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor’s, master’s, or Ph.D. degree program in computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, or a related field

• 1+ years of academic experience with programming languages such as C, C++, Python, Perl, Verilog, SystemVerilog etc.

• Must be available for 11 – 14 weeks during Summer 2025 (May-September) with a graduation date of December 2025 or later

Preferred Qualifications

• Candidates actively pursuing a degree with an anticipated graduation within the upcoming year preferred Dec 2025 to June 2026.

• Currently enrolled in a Master’s or PhD degree program in computer engineering, electrical engineering, or a related field

• Candidates with academic or professional experience in one or more of the following technical tracks:

GPU

• Engineering design and development in MSM SOC (Mobile Station Modem System on chips) and Chipset Architecture

• ASIC implementation of Image processing Camera IP

• GPU pipeline validation (stimulus generators, checkers, monitors, drivers and models for power/performance)

• Graphics power analysis & optimization (Vulkan)

• C, Perl, Verilog, System Verilog, C++, Python

CPU

• Validation of concepts and high-level system requirements related to CPU and SOC level micro-architecture

• Develop detailed test and coverage plans based on the architecture and micro-architecture

• Develop verification methodology, ensuring scalable and portable environment

• Develop verification plans and test benches

• Execute verification plans, including design bring-up, DV environment bring-up, regression enabling for all features, debug of the test failures

• Verification methodologies and tools such as simulators, coverage collection, gate level simulation, waveform viewers

• C, C++, Python

Digital Design/DV

• RTL development for modem physical and MAC layer processing

• Development of verification components using System Verilog and UVM

• Participating in model cellular modem datapaths for bit exact correctness and verification of wireless modem

• Digital design fundamentals and digital signal processing

• Wireless communication, digital communication, communication theory

• Cellular (LTE, 5G) and WiFi (802.11 be)

• C, Perl, Verilog, System Verilog, C++, Matlab

SoC SYSTEMS

• Computer Architecture concepts, such as CPU, GPU, DSP, interconnects, memory controllers, scheduling, MMUs, etc.

• Experience with system-level performance modeling and simulation

• Knowledge of power management techniques and strategies

• Experience with thermal analysis and management techniques

• Experience with system-level post silicon validation and characterization

• Experience with embedded SW design, driver development for Linux and Windows

• Experience with OS principles and HW/SW interaction

• Experience in SW development, coding (C/C++), scripting (Python)

• Experience using code and/or system profiling tools

• Understanding of power and performance tradeoffs

• Knowledge of system-level design and architecture

• Machine Learning

• Familiarity with multimedia or communication technologies including audio codec, video codec, camera, WLAN, LTE and 5G

It is important to note that this is not a job posting for a specific role.We will review resumes on an ongoing basis, and a recruiter may reach out to you.

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 range:

$0.00 - $98.00