CPU Performance Research Engineer: Innovate & Model

Qualcomm; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 167,000 - 251,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. in Austin is seeking a CPU Performance Research Engineer to push forward next-generation CPU performance, efficiency, and scalability across compute products.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, model and explore novel microarchitectures, prototype features in performance models, and help assess implementation costs with RTL and design groups. This role emphasizes deep research, benchmarking, and inventive problem solving to shape Qualcomm’s future CPUs

Qualifications

• Master's degree in a relevant field with 2+ years of related work experience or higher.
• PhD in a relevant field with 1+ years of related work experience.
• Bachelor's degree with 4+ years of related work experience in software/hardware engineering.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with CPU Performance Architecture and RTL teams to identify improvement opportunities.
• Conduct exploratory studies to evaluate new CPU performance ideas and microarchitectures.
• Analyze workloads to pinpoint performance bottlenecks and opportunities.
• Prototype features in CPU architectural performance models.
• Work with RTL and design teams to assess implementation costs for new features.
• Collaborate with performance teams to maintain and improve the simulation environment.

Skills

CPU architecture knowledge

Analytical problem solving

Benchmarks

Team collaboration

Education

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Bachelor's degree in Computer Architecture, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field

Tools

C/C++

Perl/Python scripting

CPU performance modeling tools

RTL/Simulation environments

Job description

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. in Austin is seeking a CPU Performance Research Engineer to push forward next-generation CPU performance, efficiency, and scalability across compute products.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, model and explore novel microarchitectures, prototype features in performance models, and help assess implementation costs with RTL and design groups. This role emphasizes deep research, benchmarking, and inventive problem solving to shape Qualcomm’s future CPUs