SoC Systems Performance Engineer, Senior Staff

Qualcomm; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 179,000 - 268,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive annual discretionary bonus

Annual RSU grants

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

A leading semiconductor company in California seeks an experienced Systems Engineer to focus on SoC performance analysis. The successful candidate will collaborate with architects and engineers, drive performance studies, and define next-generation architectures. Candidates with strong C/C++ skills, experience in simulation tools, and a relevant degree are invited to apply. The position offers a competitive salary ranging from $179,000 to $268,400 based on experience.

Qualifications

• 5+ years System Engineering or related work experience.
• 7+ years Systems Engineering experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Engineer market-leading SoC products with best-in-class performance.
• Lead and conduct performance and systems studies.
• Collaborate with HW and SW teams to define best-in-class technologies.

Skills

C/C++ programming

Excellent communication skills

Hands-on experience with simulators

VLSI design and verification

Familiarity with ARM, Linux

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field

MS or PhD degree

Tools

SystemC and event driven simulators

Performance/power models

Code and system profiling tools

Job description

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > PPT Systems Engineering

General Summary:

Qualcomm's Chip Architecture multi-site team of systems engineers, hardware and software architects are driving analysis and defining next-generation architectures for our system-on-chip (SoC) products for mobile, automotive, Compute and other product categories.

We have an exciting and dynamic technical position available with a focus on SoC performance analysis. The successful candidate will engage collaboratively across the company to work with architects and engineers in core HW design & verification, SW, marketing, and product planning teams, to:

• Engineer market-leading SoC products with best-in-class performance
• Lead and conduct performance and systems studies
• Conduct or contribute to analysis to define our SOC architecture plans simultaneously taking into account performance, power and thermal
• Collaborate with HW and SW teams to define best-in-class multimedia, modem, compute and memory technologies
• Define complex use cases including new workloads (Gaming, AI) and infer systems requirements
• Deploy simulators, profilers, or hardware to understand performance bottlenecks and provide quantitative justification for architectural changes or tuning
• Directly apply computer architecture knowledge of CPUs, GPUs, DSPs, cache coherency, virtual memory, etc.
• Effectively communicate and experimental results with technical leads and peers
• Creatively overcome obstacles to obtain the answers to architectural questions
• Invent and file patents on technical solutions to relevant problems

Position Requirements/Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
• 5+ years System Engineering or related work experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• MS or PHD degree
• 7+ years Systems Engineering or related work experience
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Industry experience required in one or more of the following areas:
• Computer Architecture concepts, such as CPU, GPU, DSP, interconnects, shared memory, etc.
• System or chipset development for SoC products, preferably in the mobile market
• OS principles and HW/SW interaction
• SoC bus, interconnect, memory technologies, memory controllers, scheduling, MMUs
• Hands-on experience in using and modifying simulators and performance/power models, especially full-system models
• SystemC and event driven simulators
• Using code and/or system profiling tools
• C/C++ programming
• VLSI design and verification
• Pragmatic scripting & automation skills
• Familiarity with ARM, Linux
• Familiarity with multimedia or communication technologies including audio codec, video codec, camera, WLAN, LTE and 5G

Applicants:

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits: $179,000.00 - $268,400.00

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. Salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We 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). We also offer a highly competitive benefits package. Your recruiter can discuss details about Qualcomm benefits. More information about our US benefits is available via the provided link.

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