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CPU Performance Analysis Engineer (Multiple Locations- San Diego, Santa Clara, Austin)

santa clara, CA

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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.

OR

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.

OR

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 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

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 

 or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found 

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits

$175,600.00 - $263,400.00

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, 95050, US

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