Senior CPU Power Analysis Engineer

Qualcomm; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 122,500 - 183,700; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

RSU grants

Competitive benefits package

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. in Austin, TX is seeking a CPU Power Engineer to lead power analysis and characterization efforts across CPU benchmarks and projects.

You will work closely with RTL, Synthesis and Physical Design teams to measure and optimize power, and you will tabulate metrics for cross-functional analysis while coordinating with post-silicon teams to correlate projections with silicon measurements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related field with 2+ years hardware/software experience.
• Experience in power analysis and optimization.
• Proficiency in Tcl or Python and strong problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Perform power analysis on CPUSS-related projects.
• Characterize power for CPU benchmarks using tools like PTPX and Joules.
• Collaborate with RTL, Synthesis and Physical Design to measure and optimize power.
• Tabulate metrics results for cross-functional analysis and reporting.
• Coordinate with post-silicon teams to correlate projections with silicon power measurements.

Skills

Power analysis

Power characterization

Scripting (Tcl/Python)

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in EE/CE/CS

Master's degree (preferred)

PhD (related field)

Tools

UPF/CPF

Job description

Company: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group > CPU Engineering

General Summary:

As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm CPU Engineer, you will lead innovative Central Processing Unit (CPU) design efforts that have a critical impact on industries across the world. Qualcomm Engineers collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, verify, and implement multi-core CPU operations for all Qualcomm Business Units.

Job Overview:

• Power analysis on a project involved in the development of CPUSS.
• Power characterization of various CPU benchmarks using tools like PTPX and Joules.
• Work closely with RTL design, Synthesis, and physical design teams to measure and optimize power.
• Tabulate metrics results for analysis comparison.
• Work with post-Silicon teams to correlate projections with silicon power measurements.

Required Skill set/experience

• 3+ years' experience in power characterization, or related work experience.
• Experience in Power analysis and optimization required.
• Proficiency in scripting language, such as: Tcl, Python.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with low power implementation techniques in RTL, Synthesis or Physical design stages.
• Low power intent concepts and languages (UPF or CPF).
• Understanding of CPU micro-architecture and their power challenges.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience. OR Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience. OR PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:

$122,500.00 - $183,700.00

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.