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Lead CPU Performance Analysis Engineer

santa clara, CA

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About this opportunity

Qualcomm lists this Lead CPU Performance Analysis Engineer 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 > SoC Architecture

General Summary

As a Lead CPU Performance Analysis Engineer, you will be working on CPU performance analysis and tuning, microbenchmark development, workload characterization, 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 identify avenues for improving workload performance in software (OS, Libraries, Frameworks) and hardware

Develop tools and techniques to collect representative workload traces to feed the CPU performance simulator

Create micro-benchmarks to understand performance characteristics of competitor’s CPU / SoC

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 8+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 7+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.

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).

Preferred Qualifications

Master’s degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering / Science with 12+ 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

Location

This position is open for Santa Clara, San Diego and Austin. The compensation will be adjusted as per the location.

Pay Range and Other Compensation & Benefits

$273,000.00 - $409,400.00

Competitive annual discretionary bonus program

Opportunity for annual RSU grants

Competitive benefits package designed to support success at work, at home, and at play

EEO Employer Statement

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.

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Worksite address

santa clara, CA, 95053, US

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