SoC Power & Performance Engineer - Display

Qualcomm; Markham; On-site; CAD 73,000 - 111,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Markham seeks a skilled engineering professional to develop C/C++ performance models for a cutting-edge display processing unit. This role involves collaboration with architects and SOC modeling teams, requiring technical acumen in system design and strong analytical skills. Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field, with experience in hardware validation and performance benchmarks. A competitive salary range of CAD 73,800 to 110,800 is offered, alongside a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

Competitive annual discretionary bonus

Opportunity for RSU grants

Comprehensive benefits package

Qualifications

• 2+ years in developing performance models for hardware validation.
• Strong technical background in display.
• Critical thinking, analytical and organizational skills are mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Define, document and implement C/C++ transaction level performance models.
• Integrate the DPU model in full SOC platform.
• Develop architecture test cases to verify functionality.

Skills

C/C++ modeling

SystemC

Perl

Python

Performance analysis

Technical communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

VHDL

Verilog

C-modeling tools

Job description

Company

Qualcomm Canada ULC

Job Area

Engineering Group > Systems Engineering

General Summary

Do you love working on state‑of‑the‑art technologies? Are you a visionary and love solving technological and architectural challenges? At Qualcomm, our system architecture team features a collaborative and hands‑on environment that cultivates engineering perfection, creativity, and innovation. In this highly visible role, you will work as part of the system architecture team for a high‑performance and low‑power display processing unit.

The Display Processing Unit (DPU) is integral part of mobile system‑on‑chip processor. DPU is responsible for compositing of final image use sees from image streams generated from SOC internal GPU, CPU, video decoder and camera as well as data processing such as color space conversion, color management. The DPU is also responsible for transmitting display data to display panel through industry standard display interfaces such as DSI, display port.

Responsibilities

• Working with DPU architecture teams to define, document and implement C/C++ transaction level performance models
• Working with the SOC modeling team to integrate the DPU model in full SOC platform
• Developing and maintaining architecture test cases and automated workflows to verify the correct functionality of the models
• Collaborate with the display and SoC architects, RTL design and verification teams to evaluate new features and understand design tradeoffs.
• Analyze simulation results for bottlenecks and opportunities for improvements.
• Present analysis results and provide recommendations.
• Perform model and RTL correlation.

Key Qualifications

• 2+ years in developing performance models for hardware validation.
• Experience of c‑modeling tools, including C/C++, SystemC and scripting languages such as Perl and/or Python
• Experience in performance benchmark/workload analysis and characterization.
• Deep knowledge of system architecture design such as buffering, throughput, clocks.
• Strong technical background in display
• VHDL/Verilog experience are assets.
• Critical thinking, analytical and organizational skills are mandatory.
• Strong presentation and communication skills.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.

Applicants

Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. Please e‑mail disability‑[e-mail] or call Qualcomm's toll‑free number (not provided).

Pay Range and Other Compensation & Benefits

$73,800.00 – $110,800.00

The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales‑incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer.

Contact

If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.