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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 12 + 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
QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies (QCT) is the largest provider of 3G chipset and software technology in the world, with chipsets shipped to more than 50 customers and powering the majority of all 3G devices commercially available. QCT partners with nearly 60 3G network operators around the globe and has the largest CDMA engineering team in the wireless industry.
QCT provides complete chipset solutions and integrated applications from the Launchpad suite of advanced technologies. Our integrated solutions offer device manufacturers reduced bill-of-materials costs, time-to-market, and development time. Mobile handsets powered by QCT chipsets can offer more features while maintaining a smaller, sleeker form-factor and benefiting from reduced power demands.
QCT values collaboration with its customers and partners and works closely with them to enable their success. We offer a wide range of tools to support the device development process, and develop new technologies based on the needs and demands of the wireless market. Devices for all market segments can now include features enabled by 3G wireless technology, in demand by a growing and increasingly sophisticated wireless community.
Job ID: 115160761