Senior Performance Architect: SoC & System Optimization

Qualcomm; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 192,000 - 288,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking an experienced Senior Performance Engineer to drive architectural analysis, performance modeling, and system optimization for next-generation computing platforms.

You will collaborate with hardware architects, software teams, silicon groups, and product stakeholders to identify bottlenecks and influence future architecture. The role requires deep expertise in processor design, performance analysis, and low-level software, including device drivers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 10+ years of industry experience in performance engineering, computer architecture, system architecture, or related field.
• Experience with high-performance microprocessor design (2+ years).
• Proficiency in C/C++ and scripting languages such as Python.
• Experience developing, debugging, or optimizing Linux or Windows device drivers.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and optimize performance of complex SoCs, processors, and heterogeneous computing systems.
• Develop performance models, benchmarks, and simulations to evaluate architectural tradeoffs.
• Investigate bottlenecks across CPUs, DSPs, NPUs, memory subsystems, interconnects, and I/O fabrics.
• Collaborate with hardware and software teams to define performance requirements and drive closure.
• Analyze workload behavior and identify opportunities for performance, power, and scalability improvements.
• Work with OS, firmware, and device drivers to understand hardware-software interactions.
• Develop profiling, tracing, and instrumentation methodologies to characterize system behavior.
• Interpret silicon measurements and correlate with simulation data.
• Present findings to engineering leadership and cross-functional teams.
• Contribute to architecture reviews and influence future designs.

Skills

Processor microarchitecture

Computer system architecture

Memory hierarchies

Interconnects

Performance analysis

C/C++

Python scripting

Device drivers

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related

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

PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related

Tools

Profiling tools

Job description

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking an experienced Senior Performance Engineer to drive architectural analysis, performance modeling, and system optimization for next-generation computing platforms.

You will collaborate with hardware architects, software teams, silicon groups, and product stakeholders to identify bottlenecks and influence future architecture. The role requires deep expertise in processor design, performance analysis, and low-level software, including device drivers.