Lead NoC Performance Architect

Qualcomm • Santa Clara, CA

15d

About The Position

As a NoC Performance Architect, you will create NoC performance and power models for a wide range of SoCs spanning multiple product streams, correlate models against RTL behavior, prototype ideas and help productize performance/power features for future SoC designs.

Requirements

• MS/PhD in Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Electrical Engineer with 8+ years of experience in SoC performance modeling
• Strong grasp of the computer architecture fundamentals especially in the areas of interconnects, traffic QoS, distributed caches, coherency flows.
• Proficient in C++ and Perl / Python
• Ability to independently lead and mentor a team of junior performance architects
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 8+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
• OR Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 7+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
• OR PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
• 2+ years of experience in one or more system architecture technology areas and products (e.g., Power System, Shared Resource Management, Limits/Thermal Management, Hardware Islands).

Nice To Haves

• MS/PhD in Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Electrical Engineer with 10+ years of experience in CPU / SoC performance/power modeling, analysis / debug
• Expertise in Coherent fabrics based on the AMBA CHI / AXI protocol or x86 equivalent
• Strong background in building fast, accurate SoC / CPU performance models C++
• Exposure to testing and debugging performance issues in pre- and post-silicon environments
• Demonstrable experience in productizing features that improve performance/power characteristics of a design

Responsibilities

• Responsible for leading NoC performance architecture and contribute to pathfinding and performance projections for our leading SoCs
• Identify ideas for improving the SoC’s performance/power characteristics. Prototype idea in the performance/power model and thoroughly characterize it
• Verify model correctness by writing unit-tests and debugging mismatches against expectations
• Work with architects and RTL developers to productize the improvements identified through detailed studies
• Conduct RTL performance verification. This will involve creation of verification plans and directed tests / checkers

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees