Qualcomm

SoC Systems Performance Engineer

Qualcomm$99K — $149K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field.
  • 1+ years of System Engineering or related work experience.
  • MS or PhD degree is preferred.
  • Understanding of Computer Architecture concepts (CPU, GPU, DSP, etc.).
  • Hands-on experience with simulators and performance models.

Responsibilities

  • Engage collaboratively with architects and engineers to improve SoC performance.
  • Conduct performance and systems studies for SoC products.
  • Analyze and define SoC architecture plans considering performance, power, and thermal factors.
  • Collaborate with HW and SW teams for multimedia, modem, and memory technology solutions.
  • Create complex use cases for new workloads like Gaming and AI, inferring requirements.

Benefits

  • Competitive annual discretionary bonus program.
  • Opportunity for annual restricted stock unit (RSU) grants.
  • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits package.
  • Supportive programs designed for work-life balance.
Full Job Description
Job Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > PPT Systems Engineering

General Summary:

Qualcomm's Chip Architecture multi-site team of systems engineers, hardware and software architects are driving analysis and defining next-generation architectures for our system-on-chip (SoC) products for mobile, automotive, Compute and other product categories.

We have an exciting and dynamic technical position available with a focus on SoC performance analysis. The successful candidate will engage collaboratively across the company to work with architects and engineers in core HW design & verification, SW, marketing, and product planning teams, to:
  • Engineer market-leading SoC products with best-in-class performance
  • Lead and conduct performance and systems studies
  • Conduct or contribute to analysis to define our SOC architecture plans simultaneously taking into account performance, power and thermal
  • Collaborate with HW and SW teams to define best-in-class multimedia, modem, compute and memory technologies
  • Define complex use cases including new workloads (Gaming, AI) and infer systems requirements
  • Deploy simulators, profilers, or hardware to understand performance bottlenecks and provide quantitative justification for architectural changes or tuning
  • Directly apply computer architecture knowledge of CPUs, GPUs, DSPs, cache coherency, virtual memory, etc.
  • Effectively communicate and experimental results with technical leads and peers
  • Creatively overcome obstacles to obtain the answers to architectural questions
  • Invent and file patents on technical solutions to relevant problems


Position Requirements/Minimum Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
  • 1+ years System Engineering or related work experience


  • MS or PhD degree
  • 1+ years Systems Engineering or related work experience
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills
  • Industry experience required in one or more of the following areas:
    • Computer Architecture concepts, such as CPU, GPU, DSP, interconnects, shared memory, etc.
    • System or chipset development for SoC products, preferably in the mobile market
    • OS principles and HW/SW interaction
    • SoC bus, interconnect, memory technologies, memory controllers, scheduling, MMUs
    • Hands-on experience in using and modifying simulators and performance/power models, especially full-system models
    • SystemC and event driven simulators
    • Using code and/or system profiling tools
    • C/C++ programming
    • VLSI design and verification
    • Pragmatic scripting & automation skills
    • Familiarity with ARM, Linux
    • Familiarity with multimedia or communication technologies including audio codec, video codec, camera, WLAN, LTE and 5G


Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:
$99,400.00 - $149,200.00

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.

If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.

About Qualcomm

Qualcomm Ventures is the investment arm of Qualcomm Incorporated. Founded in 2000, Qualcomm Ventures is a corporate venture capital fund with over 150 active portfolio companies and more than 20 exits over a billion dollars, including 99 Taxis, Cruise Automation, Fitbit, Invensense, NQ Mobile, Waze, and more. As a global investor, Qualcomm Ventures helps connect entrepreneurs to the resources, relationships, and deep industry expertise they need to succeed in the mobile technology ecosystem.

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