Staff GPU SW Engineer

Qualcomm; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 148,000 - 223,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking engineers to develop profiling and debugging tools for the Adreno GPU developer ecosystem.

You will work on real-time graphics and compute workflows, collaborating with hardware and software teams to validate performance and deliver compelling developer experiences. Ideal candidates have strong C/C++ skills, GPU hardware knowledge, and a track record of delivering high-quality software features.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and 4+ years of software/hardware engineering experience.
• Master’s degree in a relevant field and 3+ years of experience.
• PhD in a relevant field and 2+ years of experience.
• 1+ year of work experience with C/C++ or similar graphics programming languages.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop profiling, performance analysis, and debugging tools.
• Collaborate with GPU hardware and software teams on performance validation and analysis.
• Debug issues, optimize for the user experience, and engage with partners and OEMs.

Skills

C/C++

GPU hardware

Software feature delivery

AI productivity tools

Education

Bachelor's degree (relevant field)

Master's degree (relevant field)

PhD (relevant field)

Tools

Nsight

RenderDoc

Job description

Job Area

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Graphics Software Engineering

Company

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

General Summary

Interested in enabling next generation graphics, games, ray tracing, machine learning, image and video processing, even Mars drones? In the GPU Developer Tools team, you will contribute to initiatives that provide developers the capabilities to learn, debug, and advance these technologies and more. The Qualcomm Adreno GPU Software team is looking for talented engineers to work on next generation GPU Developer Tools. Responsibilities include the design and development of profiling and performance analysis tools, GPU debugging tools, collaborating with GPU hardware and software teams on performance validation and analysis, new feature development, debugging issues, optimizing for the user experience, and working with the developer ecosystem, our partners, and OEMs. This role is an opportunity to shape how developers optimize for the Snapdragon Adreno GPU and have insight into next generation GPU hardware design. Our efforts in GPU Developer Tools create opportunities for our team members to learn new technologies and engage in full stack development ranging from user interfaces to graphics driver instrumentation. Experience in developing real-time software applications, graphics and/or GPGPU applications, games, middleware, drivers, or developer tools is a big plus.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Game Rendering, or related work experience.
• Master's degree in Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Game Rendering, or related work experience.
• PhD in Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Game Rendering, or related work experience.
• 1+ year of work experience with one or more programming language suitable for graphics (e.g., C++, C).

In This Role, You Will

• Design and develop profiling, performance analysis, and debugging tools features. Collaborate with GPU hardware and software teams on performance validation and analysis.
• Debug issues, optimize for the user experience, and work with the developer ecosystem, partners, and OEMs.
• Shape how developers optimize for the Snapdragon Adreno GPU and gain insight into next generation GPU hardware design.

The Ideal Candidate Will Meet Three Or More Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional experience
• Extensive programming knowledge in C/C++
• Strong knowledge of GPU hardware and graphics concepts
• Demonstrated ability to deliver software features and products while ensuring the highest standards of quality and innovation
• Demonstrated proficiency in leveraging modern AI-driven productivity tools to accelerate software development workflows, specifically in the areas of automated code analysis, complex debugging, and technical documentation

One or more of the following qualifications is a plus:

• Experience developing graphics applications with Vulkan, DirectX, Metal, OpenGL, WebGL or graphics development through Unity, Unreal Engine, Godot or a comparable graphics or game engine
• Experience developing GPU computing applications with OpenCL, CUDA, SYCL etc.
• Experience debugging, optimizing, profiling, and tuning real-time graphics and/or compute applications
• Experience with game engines, graphics frameworks, or general computing frameworks leveraging the GPU
• Knowledge of recent graphics trends, especially ray tracing and emerging capabilities such as mesh shading and workgraphs
• Familiarity with Graphics Profilers and Debuggers such as Nsight, PIX, GPA, RenderDoc, Radeon Profilers, GfxReconstruct

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EEO Employer

Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification.

Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.

Pay Range And Other Compensation & Benefits

$148,300.00 - $222,500.00 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.