Senior Power Optimization Engineer

MaC VC; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 118,000 - 177,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Power Systems Software Engineer in the Systems Software Power team to tackle complex power challenges and optimize power efficiency for next‑generation Snapdragon platforms.

In this role you will help learn, contribute, and influence the full lifecycle of mobile SoC power consumption, spanning architecture, modeling, pre- and post‑silicon activities, feature optimization, and commercialization of cutting‑edge power solutions across Qualcomm products.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field plus 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field plus 1+ year of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• PhD 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 and post-silicon bring-up, validation, and productization.
• Own post-silicon power KPI execution (Day-of-Use, 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 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 aligned with evolving hardware architectures.
• Contribute to and scale power debug, analysis, and automation infrastructure, including power telemetry, tooling, and AI-assisted workflows.

Skills

C

C++

Java

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Job description

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Power Systems Software Engineer in the Systems Software Power team to tackle complex power challenges and optimize power efficiency for next‑generation Snapdragon platforms.

In this role you will help learn, contribute, and influence the full lifecycle of mobile SoC power consumption, spanning architecture, modeling, pre- and post‑silicon activities, feature optimization, and commercialization of cutting‑edge power solutions across Qualcomm products.