CPU Performance Analysis Engineer (Multiple Locations- San Diego, Santa Clara, Austin)

Qualcomm; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 167,000 - 250,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus program

Annual RSU grants

Competitive benefits package

Job summary

Qualcomm is seeking a CPU Performance Analysis Engineer to work on CPU performance analysis, workload characterization, and competitive performance analysis using industry-standard benchmarks.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science and at least 4 years of relevant experience. The position offers a salary range of $167,000 to $250,600 and various benefits including discretionary bonuses and RSU grants.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in Systems Engineering or related work experience.
• Experience with system architecture technology areas.
• 10+ years relevant work experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collect CPU performance data for various workloads.
• Conduct workload characterization on silicon.
• Develop tools to project SOC benchmark performance.

Skills

Computer architecture fundamentals

Scripting skills (Bash/Perl/Python)

C/C++/x86 and ARM assembly

Familiarity with CPU performance models

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science

PhD in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

Vtune

perf

DynamoRio

PIN

Job description

Company

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > SoC Architecture

General Summary

As a CPU Performance Analysis Engineer, you will be working on CPU performance analysis and tuning, projecting CPU roadmap performance, workload characterization and thread-level behavioral modeling, workload tracing, and performing competitive performance analysis using industry standard benchmarks and workloads.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Collect CPU performance data for various workloads and benchmarks
• Conduct detailed workload characterization on silicon and performance simulators
• Profile workload execution and develop single-threaded and multi-threaded behavior models of industry standard benchmarks
• Develop tools and techniques to project SOC benchmark performance using CPU performance simulator and analytical characterization models
• Prepare benchmark projections for roadmap and competitive CPU / SOC comparison and analysis
• Build competitive performance prediction models
• Present the competitive performance data in a concise manner

Minimum Skills/Experience

• Strong grasp of computer architecture and OS fundamentals
• Strong scripting skills – Bash / Perl / Python
• Proficiency in C / C++ / x86, ARM compatible assembly language
• Familiarity with CPU performance models

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience
• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience
• PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience
• 2+ years of experience in one or more system architecture technology areas and products (e.g., Power System, Shared Resource Management, Limits/Thermal Management, Hardware Islands)

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering / Science with 10+ years of relevant work experience
• Experience with hardware performance profiling tools (such as Vtune, perf), binary instrumentation tools (such as DynamoRio, PIN)
• Experience with characterizing industry standard benchmarks (e.g. CPU2017, GeekBench, AnTuTu, Speedometer) and workloads such as Memcached, NGINX, Redis, DCPerf
• Experience in writing micro‑benchmarks to measure performance characteristics of a CPU / SoC
• Prior experience in developing trace collection tools and using the same to trace workloads to feed the CPU performance simulators
• Experience with CPU performance simulators / analytical models
• Experience in OS internals (Windows / Linux / Android), system programming and Compilers (GCC, LLVM, JIT)
• Knowledge of the competitive landscape, feature specifications and industry trends in the server and client domain

Equal Opportunity & Disability Accommodation

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. You may e‑mail disability‑[e-mail] or call Qualcomm's toll‑free number found here. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities.

EEO Employer: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification.

Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits

$167,000.00 - $250,600.00

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 – and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.

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