CPU Architecture Performance Engineer

Qualcomm • Austin, TX

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About The Position

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 CPU Engineer, you will participate in innovative Central Processing Unit (CPU) design efforts that have a critical impact on industries across the world. Qualcomm Engineers collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, verify, and implement multi-core CPU operations for all Qualcomm Business Units.
The Potential Areas to Work Include:
The main responsibility of this position is to do the performance verification for world-class custom CPUs for server-class computers.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 8+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 7+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
• PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.

Nice To Haves

• BS degree in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering
• Good CPU architecture knowledge and micro-architecture knowledge
• Experience working in an RTL simulation environment
• Proficient in Verilog, C and C++ and scripting languages such as Perl or Python
• Ability to problem solve and prove your own ideas
• Knowledge and experience with common performance benchmarks and workloads

Responsibilities

• Proficiency in one or more areas of CPU architecture: fetch, decode, branch prediction, renaming, execute units, SIMD, load/store, MMU, caches, retire, etc.
• Understanding of both the RISC-V ISA and our core and subsystem microarchitecture
• Work with design team and performance team to develop test case and validate new features
• Analyze and verify performance characteristics at multiple levels of simulation and emulation
• Writing performance analysis tools
• Running benchmarks and workloads under different conditions

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level