System Performance Engineer, Staff

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

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive annual discretionary bonus program

Opportunity for annual RSU grants

Highly competitive benefits package

Job summary

Qualcomm is seeking a System Performance Engineer in San Diego to research, develop, and validate systems-level software and hardware, focusing on optimizing power, performance, and thermal behavior of Qualcomm Snapdragon Chipsets.

With responsibilities including triaging performance issues and preparing reports for senior executives, the ideal candidate should have a Master’s degree in Computer Engineering and relevant experience in power and performance analysis of complex SoCs.

The position offers a competitive salary range of $148,300 - $222,500, along with bonuses and a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of practical post-silicon experience with SoCs power and performance.
• 4+ years of experience interacting with senior leadership.
• Strong understanding of ARM SoC concepts and architecture.

Responsibilities

• Enable and analyze complex system use-cases in various environments.
• Define performance and power analysis plans across workloads.
• Identify optimization areas in SoC and triage performance issues.

Skills

Power and performance analysis

Programming and scripting (Python, C/C++)

Communication and collaboration

Technical leadership

Education

Master’s degree in Computer Engineering

Tools

Power/performance analysis tools

Vulkan

OpenGL

DX12

CUDA

Job description

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, and IOT. 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
• 4+ years of practical post-silicon experience of power and performance analysis of complex SoCs
• 4+ 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.
• 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

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. In addition, Qualcomm offers a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants. Qualcomm also provides a highly competitive benefits package designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play.

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 is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities. If you require accommodations during the application/hiring process, contact [e-mail].