Power Systems Software Engineer for Mobile SoCs

Qualcomm; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 94,200 - 141,200; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

RSU grants

Benefits package

Job summary

Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. in San Diego is seeking a Power Systems Software Engineer to optimize power for next-gen Snapdragon platforms, spanning system power architecture, modeling, measurement, post-silicon debug, and productization of power solutions.

The role involves collaborating with architecture, hardware, firmware, kernel, Android, and system software teams to drive power efficiency across use-cases, with emphasis on Day-of-Use battery life and performance.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end power optimization by working across architecture, hardware, firmware, kernel, Android, and system software teams to develop deep expertise in power architectures, control loops, and advanced low-power techniques across use-cases and targets
• Define, prototype, and evaluate new power features early, leveraging pre-silicon platforms (emulation, models, trace-based studies) and carrying them through post-silicon bring-up, validation, and productization
• Own post-silicon power KPI execution (Day-of-Use (Battery Life), game and multimedia use-cases), including root-cause debug, power walks, correlation, and systematic optimization across HW/SW boundaries
• Perform software trade-off analysis using rapid prototyping, experiments, and trace-driven studies to assess alternative scheduler, DVFS, low-power mode, and system-level design choices under real workloads.
• Identify and deliver power optimization opportunities by tuning or developing firmware, Linux kernel, and system algorithms (e.g., scheduler, LPMs, bus/DDR scaling, SoC power state transitions) aligned with evolving hardware architectures.
• Contribute to and scale power debug, analysis, and automation infrastructure, including power telemetry, tooling, and AI-assisted workflows, to improve execution velocity, coverage, and quality across platforms and geographies.

Skills

Computer architecture

Embedded software

Linux kernel development

Power optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS

Job description

Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. in San Diego is seeking a Power Systems Software Engineer to optimize power for next-gen Snapdragon platforms, spanning system power architecture, modeling, measurement, post-silicon debug, and productization of power solutions.

The role involves collaborating with architecture, hardware, firmware, kernel, Android, and system software teams to drive power efficiency across use-cases, with emphasis on Day-of-Use battery life and performance.