Systems Engineer - Chipset Power, Principal

Qualcomm; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 211,900 - 317,900; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual RSU grants

Discretionary bonus program

Competitive benefits package

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking an experienced Chipset Power System Engineer in San Diego to lead cross-functional power modeling and optimization for Snapdragon chipsets.

You will guide SOC and platform level power design across hardware and software, ensuring world-class low power consumption throughout the design cycle. The role requires strong architectural knowledge of processors, AR/VR, ML, and automotive domains, with extensive experience in power modeling and optimization.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent required.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional teams to model SOC/chipset power and optimize hardware/software for low power.
• Power architecture and tradeoff analyses for chipset and platform solutions.
• Identify power requirements and quantify gaps and risks.
• Design and optimize power features across systems, software, and hardware domains.
• Engage with customers to communicate capabilities and capture power needs.

Job description

Company

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > PPT Systems Engineering

General Summary

Qualcomm is looking for an experienced Chipset Power System Engineer who is passionate in solving power challenges and develop innovative solutions for optimizing power for Snapdragon chipsets. The engineer is expected to lead a cross-functional engineering team to model SOC/chipset power and come up with innovative solutions to optimize hardware and software to enhance SOC and chipset and achieve world-class chipset low power consumption. In this position, the engineer will be involved in all stages of the design and development cycles guiding the power-efficient design of the end-end solution.

Responsibilities

• Power architecture and tradeoff analysis
• Chipset and system level power modeling, analysis and optimization for SOC, chipset and platform solutions.
• Identify power requirements and quantify power gap/risk areas.
• Optimize power efficiency and performance of present generation designs and help architect future products.
• Guide multi-function groups through the design cycle in realizing the power targets set forth at the inception of the project.
• Design of power features and work with cross functional teams (systems, software, hardware, silicon process, production test, etc.).
• Customer interaction to advertise the capabilities of the chipset, and to understand and address specific power requirements.
• Power modeling of customer-specific use cases and designs.

Qualifications

• A Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent field is required as a minimum.
• 15 years of professional experience in one or more of the following areas is preferred.
• Analysis and design of low power features at SOC, chipset or platform level.
• Architectural knowledge in application processor, modem processor, AR/VR, machine learning, IOT, automotive or computing.
• Hardware or software design or optimizations of low power features.
• System level power modeling and analysis.

Applicants

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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.

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits

$211,900.00 - $317,900.00

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.