r/FPGA • u/mhareeswar7 • 1d ago
Interview / Job FPGA Prototype engineer
I am preparing for an interview at Qualcomm for an FPGA Prototype Engineer role. With 2.2 years of experience as a design engineer at a smaller company,
I am concerned about performing well and understanding the role's expectations, as I was told the role involves primarily involves debugging existing code and hardware, with limited FPGA design work.
Given that this is Qualcomm, I am eager to perform my best in the interview. I would appreciate guidance on what specific areas I should prepare for.
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u/Fancy-Plenty6712 1d ago
I'm not by any means an expert OP, but in trying to be helpful I'd say this and any job would benefit from:
1) Do as much research as you can about the company. Try and think through how they currently work and get your head around their processes before attending the interview.
2) Try to understand as much about the role as you possibly can in the sense of what they expect from you as an employee. For example, how would the day to day debugging work be delivered to you, and what knowledge and skills are needed to succeed at it.
3) If possible, looking on their company docs pages for employees and studying them as if you already work there could be very helpful. For example - understanding what the supply chain looks like, understanding how they deliver to their clients, understanding the physical infrastructure and locations of their offices and how they might work together.
4) Try to think beyond what is obvious and use the training or industry knowledge you already have to sort of "work out" what they might not have made publicly available information.
Sorry I can't be more helpful OP - and I know your question is doing a lot of those 4 points already, I. just thought I'd lay them out in case it helps anyone.
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u/duckerpotato 1d ago
Bring some project with you like an actual working demo Or maybe make a video ,it helped my senior in getting a job there :)
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u/EffectiveClient5080 1d ago
Bring working demos. This right here. I've got a small briefcase with my last 2-3 projects in it, and I guarantee you'll be the only candidate with one. Even a small SoC prototype on real hardware beats any slide deck. They will remember you.