Company:
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Job Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > SoC Architecture
General Summary:
As a SoC Performance Architect, you will create performance and power models for the fabric NoC / DRAM controller / IO blocks for server-class SoCs, correlate models against RTL behavior, prototype ideas and help productize performance/power features for future SoC designs.
Required skills
• 8+ years of experience in SoC performance/power modeling
• Strong grasp of the computer architecture fundamentals especially in the areas of interconnects, traffic QoS, distributed caches, coherency flows, DRAM controller and IO (PCIe) flows
• Proficient in C++ and Perl / Python
• Exposure to performance analysis and debug
• Ability to independently identify, troubleshoot and solve performance problems
Preferred qualifications
• 10+ years of experience in CPU / SoC performance/power modeling, Performance Validation
• Proficient in IP/SoC level performance validation between RTL and performance models,
• Expertise in analyzing and debugging performance shortfalls in RTL environment
• Exposure to testing and debugging performance issues post-silicon environments
• Demonstrable experience in productizing features that improve performance/power characteristics of a design
Role and Responsibilities
• Conduct RTL performance verification. This will involve creation of verification plans and directed tests / checkers
• Develop a SoC performance/power model for blocks such as interconnect NoCs, distributed system caches, memory controllers, IO controllers
• Verify model correctness by writing unit-tests and debugging mismatches against expectations
• Identify ideas for improving the SoC's performance/power characteristics. Prototype idea in the performance/power model and thoroughly characterize it
• Work with architects and RTL developers to productize the improvements identified through detailed studies
Note: This position is open to Santa Clara, San Diego and Austin. The compensation will be adjusted as per the location.
Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 8+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 7+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
• 2+ years of experience in one or more system architecture technology areas and products (e.g., Power System, Shared Resource Management, Limits/Thermal Management, Hardware Islands).
Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:
$272,900.00 - $409,300.00
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. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer - and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.
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