Staff Low-Power Camera Hardware Architect

Qualcomm; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 99,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Staff Low Power Hardware Architect within the Multimedia Power team to drive power targets and optimization for camera, video encoding/decoding, and computer vision on Snapdragon-powered devices.

You will analyze power across the design cycle, use PrimePower, Power Artist, and PowerPro for estimation, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure targets are met from pre-RTL to post-silicon validation.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) or MSEE required.
• Extensive experience with low power design techniques, including setting power targets for hardware cores and pre-silicon power estimation.
• Experience with post-silicon power measurement and validation.
• Knowledge of power estimation/optimization tools: PrimePower, Power Artist, PowerPro.
• Understanding of synthesis and physical design processes related to power optimization.
• Familiarity with multimedia IPs (camera, video codecs, computer vision) and SoC architectures.
• Experience with hardware design and verification tools is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Define hardware core power targets and drive power optimization across the SoC.
• Perform power analysis and estimation using industry tools across design stages.
• Validate power estimates with silicon measurements on target platforms.
• Develop advanced models using deep learning to predict power for multimedia platforms.
• Support multimedia core power estimation for pre-RTL to post-silicon validation.
• Collaborate with System Architects, Design Engineers, and Verification teams on use cases for core power analysis.

Skills

Low power design experience

Power target setting

Pre-silicon power estimation

Post-silicon power validation

Synthesis & physical design knowledge

Multimedia IPs knowledge

SoC architectures knowledge

Education

BSEE or MSEE in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Synopsys PrimePower

Ansys Power Artist

Siemens PowerPro

Job description

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Staff Low Power Hardware Architect within the Multimedia Power team to drive power targets and optimization for camera, video encoding/decoding, and computer vision on Snapdragon-powered devices.

You will analyze power across the design cycle, use PrimePower, Power Artist, and PowerPro for estimation, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure targets are met from pre-RTL to post-silicon validation.