Senior Thermal & Power Performance Lead

QUALCOMM, Inc.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 187,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Systems Performance Engineering Lead to drive power, performance, and thermal optimization across Qualcomm's Snapdragon platforms.

You will lead collaboration with software, hardware, and architecture teams to meet demanding system requirements and deliver engineering excellence across multiple projects. The role focuses on defining testing plans, mentoring engineers, and communicating findings to senior executives, with emphasis on server and data-center

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Computer Engineering.
• 10+ years of power and performance analysis experience on complex SoCs.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Self-starter with ability to work independently.
• Experience with power and performance benchmarks and system interdependencies.
• Experience with server hardware and architecture.
• Familiarity with memory hierarchy and system interconnects.
• Proficiency in ARMv8/v9 architectures and related concepts.
• Knowledge of SW power management stacks and schedulers.
• Programming/scripting in Python and C/C++.

Responsibilities

• Identify sustained and transient thermal and electrical requirements and lead investigations around limits management hardware architectures and protection mechanisms.
• Define and develop next generation thermal and limits management strategies for Qualcomm products, with a priority on server business unit needs.
• Define and conduct thermal and limit systems testing and validation on silicon and system-level platforms.
• Work closely with power and performance teams to optimize thermal and power trade-offs.
• Define and document thermal, performance and power analysis plans and updates for system use-cases across multiple workloads (CPU, GPU, AI/ML) as well as concurrent scenarios.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement optimal power, performance, and thermal solutions.
• Provide technical management, mentor and guide engineers to successfully execute multiple programs.

Skills

Power and performance analysis

Python

C/C++

ARM architecture

Server hardware

System interconnects

Communication skills

Independent worker

Benchmarks & testing

Education

Master’s degree in Computer Engineering

10+ years post-silicon experience

Job description

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Systems Performance Engineering Lead to drive power, performance, and thermal optimization across Qualcomm's Snapdragon platforms.

You will lead collaboration with software, hardware, and architecture teams to meet demanding system requirements and deliver engineering excellence across multiple projects. The role focuses on defining testing plans, mentoring engineers, and communicating findings to senior executives, with emphasis on server and data-center