System Performance Engineer, Senior Staff

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

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Systems Engineer to research, design, simulate, and validate system-level software, hardware, architecture, and algorithms that enable cutting-edge Snapdragon technology across Mobile, Compute, Automotive, IoT, and data center AI.

You will collaborate with software, hardware, and architecture teams to optimize power, performance, and thermal behavior, mentor junior engineers, and drive multiple programs from concept through validation to inform

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Engineering required.
• 10+ years post-silicon experience in power and performance analysis of complex SoCs.
• Experience interacting with senior leadership at Sr. Director/VP level.
• Strong Python and C/C++ programming/scripting skills.
• Knowledge of ARMv8/v9, memory hierarchy, and interconnects.

Responsibilities

• Enable, profile and analyze complex concurrent system use-cases in emulation and software environments.
• Define performance and power analysis plans for CPU, GPU, AI/ML workloads.
• Identify optimization opportunities in SoC software and hardware.
• Triage complex performance issues and present findings to stakeholders.
• Mentor engineers and collaborate across product management, hardware, and software teams.
• Prepare concise reports for product teams and executives.
• Develop automation to improve team efficiency.

Skills

Python

C/C++

ARM architecture

System performance analysis

Team collaboration

Education

Master's degree in Computer Engineering

Tools

Vulkan

OpenGL

CUDA

Job description

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > PPT Systems Engineering

General Summary:

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. As a Qualcomm Systems Engineer, you will research, design, develop, simulate, and/or validate systems-level software, hardware, architecture, algorithms, and solutions that enable the development of cutting-edge technology. Qualcomm Systems Engineers collaborate across functional teams to meet and exceed system-level requirements and standards. Qualcomm's System Performance Team is responsible for optimizing and validating performance for Qualcomm Snapdragon Chipsets across all business units such as Mobile, Compute, Automotive, IOT, Server and Data Center AI. In the role of System Performance Engineer, you will collaborate with software, hardware, and architecture teams to optimize power, performance, and thermal behavior of the system and be a technical lead to junior engineers across multiple projects. You will leverage your advanced systems knowledge and experience to research, simulate, and validate performance and ensure product requirements are met.

Key Responsibilities

• Enable, profile and analyze complex concurrent system use-cases in both emulation and software environments (Android/Linux/Windows)


• Define and document performance and power analysis plans 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 leadership, mentor and guide engineers to successfully execute multiple programs.


• Prepare clear and concise reports and recommendations for product teams up to senior executives to help drive business decisions and next generation architecture choices.


• Defining and developing automation for the team to operate more efficiently

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Engineering


• 10+ years of practical post-silicon experience of power and performance analysis of complex SoCs


• 3+ years of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership (Sr. Director, Vice President level and above)


• Strong programming and scripting skills (Python, C/C++)


• Strong communication and collaboration skills.


• Self-starter and able to work independently.


• Knowledgeable in state-of-the-art workloads including AI, LLM


• 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


• Experience with Vulkan, OpenGL, DX12, or CUDA


• Understanding of industry power and performance benchmarks along with system interaction and dependencies


• System power/performance analysis tools and techniques


• Computer hardware and architecture understanding


• Knowledge of SW Power management stacks and scheduler behavior

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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. 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\u2011incentive 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.