Senior Staff Engineer - Chipset Power
Job Description
- Lead cross-functional engineering teams.
- Model SOC/chipset power and develop innovative solutions.
- Optimize hardware and software for power efficiency.
- Perform power architecture and tradeoff analysis.
- Conduct chipset and system-level power modeling, analysis, and optimization.
- Identify power requirements and quantify power gap/risk areas.
- Guide multi-function groups through the design cycle for power targets.
- Design power features.
- Possess 12+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent field is required.
- Analysis and design of low power features at SOC, chipset or platform level.
- Architectural knowledge in application processor, modem processor, AR/XR, machine learning, automotive or computing.
- System knowledge of automotive SOC or chipset.
- Hardware or software design or optimizations of low power features.
- System level power modeling and analysis.
- World-class health benefit options providing world-class coverage to employees and their eligible dependents.
- Programs designed to help employees build and prepare for a financially secure future.
- Self and family resources to build emotional/mental strength and resilience, and define purpose.
- Wellbeing programs and resources to help employees Live+Well and Work+Well.
Job Posting Date
2025-09-25
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Company:
Qualcomm India Private Limited
Job Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Systems Engineering
General Summary:
Qualcomm is looking for an experienced Chipset Power System Engineer who is passionate in solving power challenges and develop innovative solutions for optimizing power for next generation Snapdragon automotive chipsets.
The engineer is expected to lead a cross-functional engineering team to model SOC/chipset power and come up with innovative solutions to optimize hardware and software to enhance SOC and chipset and achieve world-class chipset low power consumption.
In this position, the engineer will be involved in all stages of the design and development cycles guiding the power-efficient design of the end-end solution. Responsibilities include:
-- Power architecture and tradeoff analysis
-- Chipset and system level power modeling, analysis and optimization for SOC, chipset and platform solutions.
-- Identify power requirements and quantify power gap/risk areas.
-- Optimize power efficiency and performance of present generation designs and help architect future products.
-- Guide multi-function groups through the design cycle in realizing the power targets set forth at the inception of the project.
-- Design of power features and work with cross functional teams (systems, software, hardware, silicon process, production test, etc.).
-- Customer interaction to advertise the capabilities of the chipset, and to understand and address specific power requirements.
-- Power modeling of customer-specific use cases and designs.
Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
OR
• Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 5+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
OR
• PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
Minimum Qualifications
A Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent field is required as a minimum..
-- Analysis and design of low power features at SOC, chipset or platform level.
-- Architectural knowledge in application processor, modem processor, AR/XR, machine learning, automotive or computing.
-- System knowledge of automotive SOC or chipset.
-- Hardware or software design or optimizations of low power features.
-- System level power modeling and analysis.
- 12+ years of relevant industry experience
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