SoC Systems Performance Engineer, Senior
Technology, Data & Digital · Software & Web Development · Software Engineering · Embedded Systems
In short
Qualcomm is seeking a Senior SoC Systems Performance Engineer to analyze and define next-generation SoC architectures for mobile, automotive, and compute products. This role involves leading performance studies, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and optimizing hardware and software for best-in-class performance, power, and thermal characteristics.
Responsibilities
- Lead and conduct performance and systems studies.
- Conduct analysis to define SOC architecture plans considering performance, power, and thermal constraints.
- Collaborate with HW and SW teams to define best-in-class multimedia, modem, compute, and memory technologies.
- Define complex use cases including new workloads (Gaming, AI) and infer systems requirements.
- Deploy simulators, profilers, or hardware to understand performance bottlenecks and provide quantitative justification for architectural changes or tuning.
- Apply computer architecture knowledge of CPUs, GPUs, DSPs, cache coherency, virtual memory, etc.
- Communicate experimental results with technical leads and peers.
- Overcome obstacles to obtain answers to architectural questions.
- Invent and file patents on technical solutions to relevant problems.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
- 2+ years System Engineering or related work experience.
- MS or PhD degree.
- 2+ years Systems Engineering or related work experience.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Industry experience in one or more of the following areas: Computer Architecture concepts (CPU, GPU, DSP, interconnects, shared memory, etc.), System or chipset development for SoC products (preferably in the mobile market), OS principles and HW/SW interaction, SoC bus, interconnect, memory technologies, memory controllers, scheduling, MMUs.
- Hands-on experience in using and modifying simulators and performance/power models, especially full-system models.
- Experience with SystemC and event-driven simulators.
- Experience using code and/or system profiling tools.
- C/C++ programming.
- VLSI design and verification.
- Pragmatic scripting & automation skills.
- Familiarity with ARM, Linux.
- Familiarity with multimedia or communication technologies including audio codec, video codec, camera, WLAN, LTE and 5G.
Benefits
- Competitive annual discretionary bonus program.
- Opportunity for annual RSU grants.
- Highly competitive benefits package designed to support success at work, at home, and at play.
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Company
Qualcomm
Job Posted
1 month ago
Employment Type
Full Time
WorkMode
On Site
Experience Level
Senior
Locations
San Diego, United States of America
Qualification
Bachelor, Master, Doctoral
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