#Power, Thermal & Limits Management System Software Engineer

Qualcomm • San Diego, CA

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About The Position

The Snapdragon chipsets have pushed the power envelope of Mobile products with more and more complex use cases and workloads. This has introduced significant challenges in extending the battery life of the product on one spectrum and achieving superior performance within the device thermal and power envelope on the other spectrum. Coming up with diverse and innovative approaches in software is very critical in solving these broad and deep cutting-edge technical problems. Interested in playing a key role in optimizing thermal performance of next generation Mobile products on Snapdragon? Join Qualcomm’s Thermal and Limits Management Systems Software team to work on bleeding edge products. Join QUALCOMM’s team in San Diego, CA, and work closely with System engineers, Software and Hardware developers in a world-class team. Enjoy life in sunny San Diego on the Pacific coast of California.
In this role, the candidate is expected to own and drive the analysis of complex system level use cases spanning across various System on Chip technologies and coming up with solutions to improve performance of the Mobile chipsets under the power and thermal constraints. The scope of work spans across a variety of workloads touching every aspect of the silicon including CPU, GPU, AI benchmarks, Productivity use cases, Gaming use cases, Media streaming and High-throughput Modem use cases. An ideal candidate would have prior experience working on Android products and/or experience with power/thermal/performance analysis at the product level. In addition, the candidate is also expected to contribute to:
• Development of algorithms and techniques to optimize power consumption and thermal performance of various compute use cases.
• Perform system level software optimizations using hardware and software power/thermal management techniques
• Use advanced machine learning techniques in solving system level power and thermal problems

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field,.
• Experience in power and performance management techniques.
• Hands-on experience with power, performance and thermal measurement methodologies and optimization on server-class products.
• Strong familiarity with ARM architecture and programming in C, C++, and Python.
• Solid understanding of SoC and computer-system architecture.
• Experience with board and SoC bring-up, device drivers, and common peripheral buses.
• Strong background in Linux, real-time operating systems, and multithreaded architecture.
• Strong debugging skills and experience with ARM-based systems.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively.

Responsibilities

• Apply deep expertise in power, performance and thermal domain to achieve critical engineering goals.
• Lead the ideation, prototyping, and development of key power, performance, and thermal features, ensuring product KPIs are met or exceeded.
• Serve as a domain expert in power, performance, and thermal technologies.
• Identify and address system and software inefficiencies from a power-performance perspective.
• Analyze user needs and constraints to design optimized software solutions.
• Design and implement software subsystems for complex, large-scale products.
• Collaborate with hardware, systems, and test engineering teams to ensure cohesive system design.
• Produce and review detailed technical documentation for advanced software projects.

What This Job Offers

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