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Senior Software Engineer — RISC-V Instruction Set Simulator (Simulator Engineer) at Qualcomm International Inc., Mexico Branch Office

Department: CPU Engineering

Compensation

$175,600 – $263,400/yr

Setup
On-site
Location
Cupertino, California
Type
Full-time
Level
senior
Posted

Description

Qualcomm is hiring a RISC-V Instruction Set Simulator Engineer to implement and maintain a production-grade C++ RISC-V instruction set simulator used for processor verification, co-simulation, random testing, and pre-silicon firmware development. The role covers ISA implementation, fetch/decode/execute and memory-privilege logic, RTL co-simulation, unit testing, and simulator tooling. Candidates need strong C++, processor architecture knowledge, attention to specification-driven correctness, and relevant hardware, software, or systems engineering experience; RISC-V, simulator, GDB, ELF, Linux, and Python experience are preferred. The position offers a base pay range of $175,600 to $263,400 plus bonus and RSU opportunities.

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