System Performance Engineer, Senior Staff

1 Month ago • 10 Years + • System Design • $179,000 PA - $268,400 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

As a System Performance Engineer, you will optimize and validate performance for Qualcomm Snapdragon Chipsets. You will collaborate with software, hardware, and architecture teams to optimize power, performance, and thermal behavior, and lead junior engineers. Your responsibilities include analyzing complex system use-cases, defining performance analysis plans, identifying areas for optimization, and presenting results to stakeholders. You will also provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and prepare reports for driving business decisions. This role requires deep understanding of system-level software and hardware with a focus on performance optimization.
Must have:
  • 10+ years of post-silicon experience in performance analysis
  • Strong programming and scripting skills (Python, C/C++)
Good to have:
  • Experience with senior leadership interaction.
  • Understanding of memory hierarchy and system interconnects.
Perks:
  • Competitive annual discretionary bonus program
  • Opportunity for annual RSU grants
  • Comprehensive US benefits package

Job Details

Job Description

Job Posting Date

2025-06-13


Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > PPT Systems Engineering

General Summary:

As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm Systems Engineer, you will research, design, develop, simulate, and/or validate systems-level software, hardware, architecture, algorithms, and solutions that enable the development of cutting-edge technology. Qualcomm Systems Engineers collaborate across functional teams to meet and exceed system-level requirements and standards. Qualcomm's System Performance Team is responsible for optimizing and validating performance for Qualcomm Snapdragon Chipsets across all business units such as Mobile, Compute, Automotive, and IOT. In the role of System Performance Engineer, you will collaborate with software, hardware, and architecture teams to optimize power, performance, and thermal behavior of the system and be a technical lead to junior engineers across multiple projects. You will leverage your advanced systems knowledge and experience to research, simulate, and validate performance and ensure product requirements are met.

Key Responsibilities

· Enable, profile and analyze complex concurrent system use-cases in both emulation and software environments (Android/Linux/Windows)

· Define and document performance and power analysis plans for system use-cases across multiple workloads (CPU, GPU, AI/ML) as well as concurrent scenarios.

· Identify areas of performance optimization in the SoC for both Software and Hardware architectures

· Direct triage of complex performance issues to determine root-cause and present results to internal and external stakeholders

· Collaborate with cross-functional teams (product management, hardware, and software engineering, etc.) to implement optimal power, performance, and thermal solutions.

· Provide technical leadership, mentor and guide engineers to successfully execute multiple programs.

· Prepare clear and concise reports and recommendations for product teams up to senior executives to help drive business decisions and next generation architecture choices.

· Defining and developing automation for the team to operate more efficiently

Preferred Qualifications

· Master’s degree in Computer Engineering

· 10+ years of practical post-silicon experience of power and performance analysis of complex SoCs

· 3+ years of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership (Sr. Director, Vice President level and above)

· Strong programming and scripting skills (Python, C/C++)

· Strong communication and collaboration skills.

· Self-starter and able to work independently.

· Understanding of memory hierarchy, and system interconnects

· Understanding of ARM SoC concepts and architecture specifications like SMMU, GIC, Coresight-PMU, and various bus interface protocols

· Knowledge and experience in ARM v8 and v9 specifications

· Experience with Vulkan, OpenGL, DX12, or CUDA

· Understanding of industry power and performance benchmarks along with system interaction and dependencies

· System power/performance analysis tools and techniques

· Computer hardware and architecture understanding

· Knowledge of SW Power management stacks and scheduler behavior

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:

$179,000.00 - $268,400.00

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.

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

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