Senior CPU Performance Analyst & Benchmark Engineer

QUALCOMM, Inc.; Oklahoma; On-site; USD 168,000 - 252,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. seeks a CPU Performance Analysis Engineer to drive CPU performance analysis, microbenchmark development, workload characterization, workload tracing, and competitive performance analysis using industry benchmarks and workloads.

You will collect performance data, characterize workloads on silicon and simulators, and develop tools to feed CPU performance models. Strong coding in C/C++ and scripting is required, with expertise in x86/ARM assembly and OS internals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with 6+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with 5+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
• PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with 4+ 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).

Responsibilities

• Collect CPU performance data for various workloads and benchmarks.
• Conduct detailed workload characterization on silicon and performance simulators.
• Profile workload execution and identify avenues for improving workload performance in software (OS, Libraries, Frameworks) and hardware.
• Develop tools and techniques to collect representative workload traces to feed the CPU performance simulator.
• Create micro-benchmarks to understand performance characteristics of a competitor’s CPU/SoC.
• Build competitive performance prediction models.
• Present the competitive performance data in a concise manner.

Skills

CPU architecture

OS fundamentals

Bash/Perl/Python

C/C++/x86

ARM assembly

CPU performance models

Education

Bachelor's degree in EE/CS or related field

Master's degree in EE/CS or related field

PhD in EE/CS or related field

Tools

Vtune

perf

DynamoRIO

PIN

Job description

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. seeks a CPU Performance Analysis Engineer to drive CPU performance analysis, microbenchmark development, workload characterization, workload tracing, and competitive performance analysis using industry benchmarks and workloads.

You will collect performance data, characterize workloads on silicon and simulators, and develop tools to feed CPU performance models. Strong coding in C/C++ and scripting is required, with expertise in x86/ARM assembly and OS internals.