CPU Performance Analysis Engineer (Multiple Locations- San Diego, Santa Clara, Austin)
About The Position
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is hiring a CPU Performance Analysis Engineer in the Engineering Group’s SoC Architecture organization. The role focuses on CPU performance analysis and tuning, CPU roadmap performance projections, workload characterization and thread-level behavioral modeling, workload tracing, and competitive performance analysis using industry-standard benchmarks and workloads. The engineer will collect and analyze CPU performance data on silicon and performance simulators, profile workload execution, and develop models of single-threaded and multithreaded benchmark behavior. The role also involves creating tools and techniques to project SoC benchmark performance, building competitive performance prediction models, preparing roadmap and competitive CPU/SoC comparisons, and presenting results concisely. Locations listed are San Diego, Santa Clara, and Austin.
Requirements
- Strong grasp of computer architecture and operating system fundamentals.
- Strong scripting skills in Bash, Perl, or Python.
- Proficiency in C/C++, x86, and ARM-compatible assembly language.
- Familiarity with CPU performance models.
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field and 4+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience; or a master’s degree in one of those fields and 3+ years of such experience; or a PhD in one of those fields and 2+ years of such experience.
- 2+ years of experience in one or more system architecture technology areas and products, such as Power System, Shared Resource Management, Limits/Thermal Management, or Hardware Islands.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science with 10+ years of relevant work experience.
- Experience with hardware performance profiling tools such as Vtune or perf, and binary instrumentation tools such as DynamoRio or PIN.
- Experience characterizing industry-standard benchmarks such as CPU2017, GeekBench, AnTuTu, or Speedometer, and workloads such as Memcached, NGINX, Redis, or DCPerf.
- Experience writing micro-benchmarks to measure CPU/SoC performance characteristics.
- Prior experience developing trace collection tools and using them to trace workloads for CPU performance simulators.
- Experience with CPU performance simulators or analytical models.
- Experience with operating system internals (Windows, Linux, or Android), system programming, and compilers (GCC, LLVM, or JIT).
- Knowledge of the competitive landscape, feature specifications, and industry trends in the server and client domains.
Responsibilities
- Collect CPU performance data for various workloads and benchmarks.
- Conduct detailed workload characterization on silicon and performance simulators.
- Profile workload execution and develop single-threaded and multithreaded behavior models of industry-standard benchmarks.
- Develop tools and techniques to project SoC benchmark performance using a CPU performance simulator and analytical characterization models.
- Prepare benchmark projections for the roadmap and competitive CPU/SoC comparison and analysis.
- Build competitive performance prediction models.
- Present competitive performance data concisely.
Benefits
- Competitive annual discretionary bonus program.
- Opportunity for annual RSU grants, except for employees on sales-incentive plans.
- Competitive benefits package designed to support employees at work, at home, and at play.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
