Systems Performance Engineer
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Location: San Diego, CA 92154
Description:
Company:
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Job Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > PPT Systems Engineering
General Summary:
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking a motivated entry level System Performance Engineer to join our team in San Diego. As a member of the System Performance Team, you will be responsible for validating and optimizing the performance, power, and thermal KPIs for a wide variety of Qualcomm products (Mobile Handset, Compute, Auto, etc.). You will work collaboratively across multiple teams (e.g., IP design and verification, Process, SW, Product management) to achieve industry-leading performance, power, and thermal targets. You will develop and deploy methodologies and tools to profile, optimize, and validate use cases and data flows, correlate PPT KPI with projection targets, drive triage of complex problems at the system level, and perform root cause analysis on internal Pre-Si or silicon platforms and on customer platforms.
Key Responsibilities:
Profile, characterize, and analyze SOCs in terms of performance, power, and thermal across multiple workloads involving CPU, GPU, AI engine, DDR Memory Controller HW blocks, including industry standard benchmarks
Identify bottlenecks for performance and power. Correlate Silicon results with modeling projections and root-cause the source of discrepancies
Conduct thermal analysis across workloads on Mobile SoCs. Characterize the impact of leakage and Dynamic power to performance within a constrained form-factor
Identify areas of performance optimization in the SoC in both Software and Hardware architectures
Use profilers and other tools to analyze and optimize system performance, leverage scripting languages (e.g. Python etc.)
Write complex technical documentation
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience
OR Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Systems Engineering or related work experience
Strong background in Systems Engineering
Understanding of Computer Architecture
Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
Strong communication and collaboration skills
Preferred Qualifications:
Knowledge of Computer Architecture concepts such as CPU, GPU, DSP, interconnects, memory controllers, MMUs, etc.
Experience working on any ARM based platforms, mobile operating systems and/or performance profiling tools and benchmarking
Knowledge of High level OS performance analysis framework, task scheduler
Working knowledge of power distribution networks and power management
Experience with thermal management for high-performance mobile handset, compute, and auto products
Applicants: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e-mail disability-accomodations@qualcomm.com or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found here. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities. (Keep in mind that this email address is used to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. We will not respond here to requests for updates on applications or resume inquiries).
To all Staffing and Recruiting Agencies: Our Careers Site is only for individuals seeking a job at Qualcomm. Staffing and recruiting agencies and individuals being represented by an agency are not authorized to use this site or to submit profiles, applications or resumes, and any such submissions will be considered unsolicited. Qualcomm does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications from agencies. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Qualcomm employees or any other company location. Qualcomm is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes/applications.
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 expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.
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.
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Job Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > PPT Systems Engineering
General Summary:
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking a motivated entry level System Performance Engineer to join our team in San Diego. As a member of the System Performance Team, you will be responsible for validating and optimizing the performance, power, and thermal KPIs for a wide variety of Qualcomm products (Mobile Handset, Compute, Auto, etc.). You will work collaboratively across multiple teams (e.g., IP design and verification, Process, SW, Product management) to achieve industry-leading performance, power, and thermal targets. You will develop and deploy methodologies and tools to profile, optimize, and validate use cases and data flows, correlate PPT KPI with projection targets, drive triage of complex problems at the system level, and perform root cause analysis on internal Pre-Si or silicon platforms and on customer platforms.
Key Responsibilities:
Profile, characterize, and analyze SOCs in terms of performance, power, and thermal across multiple workloads involving CPU, GPU, AI engine, DDR Memory Controller HW blocks, including industry standard benchmarks
Identify bottlenecks for performance and power. Correlate Silicon results with modeling projections and root-cause the source of discrepancies
Conduct thermal analysis across workloads on Mobile SoCs. Characterize the impact of leakage and Dynamic power to performance within a constrained form-factor
Identify areas of performance optimization in the SoC in both Software and Hardware architectures
Use profilers and other tools to analyze and optimize system performance, leverage scripting languages (e.g. Python etc.)
Write complex technical documentation
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience
OR Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Systems Engineering or related work experience
Strong background in Systems Engineering
Understanding of Computer Architecture
Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
Strong communication and collaboration skills
Preferred Qualifications:
Knowledge of Computer Architecture concepts such as CPU, GPU, DSP, interconnects, memory controllers, MMUs, etc.
Experience working on any ARM based platforms, mobile operating systems and/or performance profiling tools and benchmarking
Knowledge of High level OS performance analysis framework, task scheduler
Working knowledge of power distribution networks and power management
Experience with thermal management for high-performance mobile handset, compute, and auto products
Applicants: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e-mail disability-accomodations@qualcomm.com or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found here. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities. (Keep in mind that this email address is used to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. We will not respond here to requests for updates on applications or resume inquiries).
To all Staffing and Recruiting Agencies: Our Careers Site is only for individuals seeking a job at Qualcomm. Staffing and recruiting agencies and individuals being represented by an agency are not authorized to use this site or to submit profiles, applications or resumes, and any such submissions will be considered unsolicited. Qualcomm does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications from agencies. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Qualcomm employees or any other company location. Qualcomm is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes/applications.
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 expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.
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.