Engineer

Qualcomm; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading semiconductor company in Bengaluru is seeking an Engineer to lead CPU performance benchmarking and optimization for next-generation ARMv9 platforms. You will be responsible for guiding a team of engineers, defining performance strategies, and conducting comprehensive analyses across various teams. The ideal candidate has at least 1 year of experience, strong programming skills in Python, Bash, and C/C++, and a Bachelor’s degree in a related field. This role offers a dynamic work environment focused on cutting-edge technology.

Qualifications

• 1+ years in CPU performance engineering or system software.
• Deep understanding of microarchitecture, memory, NUMA, and PCIe/CXL.
• Experience with ARMv9/SVE/SVE2, virtualization, and firmware.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of performance engineers.
• Define performance KPIs, benchmarking strategy, and roadmap.
• Drive alignment across architecture, silicon, firmware, kernel, compiler, and workload teams.
• Lead workload analysis for cloud environments.
• Guide kernel, BIOS/UEFI, compiler optimizations.

Skills

Python

Bash

C/C++

CPU performance engineering

Debugging skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

SPEC suites

PMU counters

perf

VTune

Streamline

Job description

Role Summary

Lead Qualcomm’s server CPU performance benchmarking and optimization efforts for next-generation ARMv9 platforms. Own performance strategy, guide a team of performance engineers, and drive end-to-end analysis across silicon, firmware, kernel, and workloads.

Location: Bangalore
Role Type: Engineer
Domain: ARMv9 Server Platforms, CPU Performance

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of performance engineers.
• Define performance KPIs, benchmarking strategy, and roadmap.
• Drive alignment across architecture, silicon, firmware, kernel, compiler, and workload teams.
• Lead SPEC CPU, SPECjbb, SPECrate, and cloud workload analysis.
• Characterize CPU, memory, I/O, NUMA, ARMv9 features.
• Own regression detection and CI/CD automation.
• Track KPIs across firmware, software, and hardware.
• Lead investigations using PMU counters, perf, VTune, and Streamline.
• Guide kernel, BIOS/UEFI, compiler, SVE/SVE2 optimizations.
• Validate workloads for hyperscalers, Kubernetes, and enterprise use cases.
• Support OEM/ODM benchmarking and field issues.

Minimum Qualifications

• 1+ years in CPU performance engineering or system software.
• Strong Python, Bash, and C/C++ skills.
• Deep understanding of microarchitecture, memory, NUMA, and PCIe/CXL.
• Experience with ARMv9/SVE/SVE2, virtualization, and firmware.
• Hands‑on experience with SPEC suites and cloud‑native benchmarks.
• Leadership experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.

Ideal Attributes

• Analytical, data‑driven, and strong debugging skills.
• Effective cross‑functional collaboration.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer.