CPU Performance & Power Analyst/Sr Lead Engineer

2 Months ago • 3-10 Years • Software Development & Engineering

Job Summary

Job Description

As a CPU Performance & Power Analyst/Sr Lead Engineer at Qualcomm, you will be responsible for analyzing and improving the performance of the Snapdragon CPU subsystem. This involves projecting CPUSS performance, conducting in-depth analysis of performance issues, and driving solutions. The role requires collaboration with cross-functional teams and a strong understanding of CPU architecture, microarchitecture, and embedded systems. You will be working on analyzing the performance aspects of the Snapdragon CPU subsystem and influence the same for performance uplifts in upcoming revisions. The ideal candidate should have a strong CPU architecture and analysis background along with overall SOC wide exposure and Embedded system concepts on modern chipsets-based ARM/X86. You'll also be leading initiatives for performance technology alignment.
Must have:
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field with 3+ years experience
  • Experience with Microprocessor or SoC Architecture
  • Knowledge of CPU and hierarchical memory system
  • Experience with workload performance characterization and bottleneck analysis
  • Hands-on with Lauterbach debug environment
Good to have:
  • Minimum 5 + years years of experience on relevant areas
  • Strong data analysis skills
  • Understanding of Linux and Android internals
  • Strong programming experience in C/C++, Perl, Python
  • Familiarity with hardware/software level performance analysis of industry standard benchmarks & open source applications

Job Details

Job Description

Job Posting Date

2025-05-22


Company:

Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware 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 Hardware Engineer, you will plan, design, optimize, verify, and test electronic systems, bring-up yield, circuits, mechanical systems, Digital/Analog/RF/optical systems, equipment and packaging, test systems, FPGA, and/or DSP systems that launch cutting-edge, world class products. Qualcomm Hardware Engineers collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop solutions and meet performance requirements.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

  • Would be working on Qualcomm Snapdragon CPUSS Architecture and performance team.

  • Responsible for analyzing the performance aspects of Snapdragon CPU subsystem and influence the same for performance uplifts in upcoming revisions.

  • Will be guiding the execution team by projecting CPUSS performance in upcoming chips and correlating them with pre-silicon runs and post silicon measurements.

  • Responsible for driving deep dive analysis on performance issues, bottleneck providing fixes or workarounds on CPU subsystem and related SOC Modules.

  • The ideal candidate to have a strong CPU architecture / analysis background along with overall SOC wide exposure and Embedded system concepts on modern chipsets-based ARM/X86

Essential Skills and Experience

  • Familiar with Microprocessor and/or SoC Architecture and micro-Architecture, preferably ARM processors and ARM processor-based systems.

  • Experience of ARM based System Designs, Knowledge of CPU and hierarchical memory system, cache configurations and coherency issues in multi-core systems.

  • Experience with workload performance characterization, bottleneck analysis, and driving microarchitecture investigations on CPU/GPU/Systems with relevant performance matrix

  • Hands-on with Lauterbach debug environment, Emulation platforms and experience in working with bare-metal environment with knowledge of Linux boot.

  • Engage with architects and design teams to investigate next-generation CPU microarchitecture performance features through workload-driven investigations, especially well-known CPU benchmarks like Lmbench, Spec, Geekbench.

  • Develop, simulate workloads for pre-silicon performance analysis and performance projections on silicon.

  • Lead initiatives for performance technology alignment across product engineering teams

Good to have

  • Minimum 5 + years years of experience on relevant areas.

  • Strong data analysis skills to identify performance trends from large data sets and the technical bent to investigate anomalies

  • Understanding of Linux and Android internals from a performance point of view.

  • Strong programming experience in at least one language: C/C++, Perl, Python

  • Familiarity with hardware/software level performance analysis of industry standard benchmarks & open source applications.

  • Excellent debugging skills at SoC and System level

  • Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate with peers and senior architects/design engineers across the globe.

  • Familiar with pre-silicon environments such as Verification, Emulation and Virtual Bring-Up, etc.

  • Good knowledge of high-performance microprocessor architecture and complex SoC

  • Pre-silicon performance experience is a huge plus

  • Post Silicon Experience and debugging on the devices using relevant Debug tools and Bus profiling tools are added advantage.

Educational qualification

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Electronics or Computer Engineering and/or Computer Science, with 6+ years of experience in SOC/CPU post-silicon validation / performance analysis

  • Strong knowledge of modern OS kernel (Android, Linux), enable Linux/Android during bring-up

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).

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.

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