Staff Thermal Limits Engineer

Qualcomm; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 148,300 - 222,500; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. seeks a Systems Performance Engineering Lead to drive power and performance optimization across Qualcomm Snapdragon server and other platforms. You will lead collaborations with software, hardware, and architecture teams to meet system requirements and drive engineering excellence.

The role focuses on identifying thermal limits, developing strategies, and validating performance across CPU, GPU, AI/ML workloads, with strong leadership and communication skills expected.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Engineering required.
• 10+ years post-silicon experience in power and performance analysis of complex SoCs.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience with server thermal and electrical requirements.
• Understanding of ARM SoC concepts and architecture specs.

Responsibilities

• Identify thermal and electrical requirements and lead investigations.
• Develop next-gen thermal and limits management strategies.
• Conduct system/ silicon level thermal and power testing.
• Collaborate with power and performance teams to optimize trade-offs.
• Define analysis plans for CPU, GPU, AI/ML workloads and multi-workload scenarios.
• Mentor engineers and manage multiple programs.
• Plan tasks, priorities, and progress tracking.
• Develop automation and leverage AI tools for the team.
• Prepare reports for product teams up to senior executives.

Skills

Power and performance analysis

ARM SoC concepts

Python

C/C++

Thermal management

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Master's degree in Computer Engineering

Tools

Power/performance analysis tools

System performance benchmarking

Job description

Company

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > PPT Systems Engineering

Overview

As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what\'s possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all.

Qualcomm Systems Engineering teams research, design, develop, simulate, and/or validate systems-level software, hardware, architecture, algorithms, and solutions that enable cutting-edge technology. Systems Engineers collaborate across functional teams to meet and exceed system-level requirements and standards. The System Performance Team optimizes and validates performance for Qualcomm Snapdragon Chipsets across business units including Server, Mobile, Compute, Automotive, and IoT. In the role of System Performance Engineering Lead, you will lead collaboration with software, hardware, and architecture teams to optimize power, performance, and thermal behavior of the system, focusing on Qualcomm\'s business unit needs. You will leverage advanced systems knowledge to research, simulate, and validate performance and ensure product thermal and electrical requirements are met, while leading activities to achieve engineering excellence across multiple projects.

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.
• Identify areas of performance optimization in the SoC for both Software and Hardware architectures.
• Direct triage of complex performance issues to determine root-cause and present results to internal and external stakeholders.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (product management, hardware, and software engineering, etc.) to implement optimal power, performance, and thermal solutions.
• Provide technical management, mentor and guide engineers to successfully execute multiple programs.
• Plan tasks, prioritize activities and track progress.
• Define and develop automation and leverage generative AI tools for the team to operate more efficiently.
• Prepare clear and concise reports and recommendations for product teams up to senior executives to help drive business decisions and next generation architecture choices.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Computer Engineering.
• 10+ years of practical post-silicon experience of power and performance analysis of complex SoCs.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Self-starter and able to work independently.
• Experience with industry power and performance benchmarks along with system interaction and dependencies.
• Working experience in computer hardware and architecture.
• Experience working with server thermal and/or electrical requirements.
• Understanding of memory hierarchy and system interconnects.
• Understanding of ARM SoC concepts and architecture specifications like SMMU, GIC, CoreSight-PMU, and various bus interface protocols.
• Knowledge and experience in ARM v8 and v9 specifications.
• Understanding of system power/performance analysis tools and techniques.
• Knowledge of SW Power management stacks and scheduler behavior.
• Strong programming and scripting skills (Python, C/C++).

Benefits & Additional Information

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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.

Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits: $148,300.00 - $222,500.00. This pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, for the location posted. Salary is one component of total compensation; Qualcomm also offers a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunities for RSU grants. Benefits support work-life balance and overall well-being. Your recruiter can share more details about benefits in the US.

For more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.