About this opportunity
Qualcomm lists this CPU Performance Analysis Engineer (Multiple Locations- San Diego, Santa Clara, Austin) opportunity in santa clara, California. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Company
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Job Area
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > SoC Architecture
General Summary
As a CPU Performance Analysis Engineer, you will be working on CPU performance analysis and tuning, projecting CPU roadmap performance, workload characterization and thread-level behavioral modeling, workload tracing, and performing competitive performance analysis using industry standard benchmarks and workloads.
Roles and Responsibilities
Collect CPU performance data for various workloads and benchmarks
Conduct detailed workload characterization on silicon and performance simulators
Profile workload execution and develop single-threaded and multi-threaded behavior models of industry standard benchmarks
Develop tools and techniques to project SOC benchmark performance using CPU performance simulator and analytical characterization models
Prepare benchmark projections for roadmap and competitive CPU / SOC comparison and analysis
Build competitive performance prediction models
Present the competitive performance data in a concise manner
Minimum Skills/Experience
Strong grasp of computer architecture and OS fundamentals
Strong scripting skills – Bash / Perl / Python
Proficiency in C / C++ / x86, ARM compatible assembly language
Familiarity with CPU performance models
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience
Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience
PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ 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)
Preferred Qualifications
Master’s degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering / Science with 10+ years of relevant work experience
Experience with hardware performance profiling tools (such as Vtune, perf), binary instrumentation tools (such as DynamoRio, PIN)
Experience with characterizing industry standard benchmarks (e.g. CPU2017, GeekBench, AnTuTu, Speedometer) and workloads such as Memcached, NGINX, Redis, DCPerf
Experience in writing micro‑benchmarks to measure performance characteristics of a CPU / SoC
Prior experience in developing trace collection tools and using the same to trace workloads to feed the CPU performance simulators
Experience with CPU performance simulators / analytical models
Experience in OS internals (Windows / Linux / Android), system programming and Compilers (GCC, LLVM, JIT)
Knowledge of the competitive landscape, feature specifications and industry trends in the server and client domain
Equal Opportunity & Disability Accommodation
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‑ 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.
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.
Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits
$167,000.00 - $250,600.00
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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Worksite address
santa clara, CA, 95053, US
Who can apply
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