SOC Power Architecture Engineer

Qualcomm•San Diego, CA

4d•$99,400 - $149,200

About The Position

Qualcomm provides complete chipset solutions including CPU, Modem, Application Processor, Multi-media engines, Interconnect, and more. Power is a key area that drives the value of our chips. As fabrication technology nodes shrink and performance requirements increase, it is crucial to provide power-optimized solutions, which is the responsibility of the group you will be working in.

Requirements

Solid foundation in Electrical Systems Engineering and Digital Logic Design
Solid understanding of HW micro-architecture of digital systems with the understanding of ASIC implementation flow from concept to production
Knowledge of system level aspects of low power design and the ability to model and analyze power at system and core level
Experience with video encoder/decoder systems and architecture
Experience with camera systems and architecture
Experience in power modeling, verification, and simulation tools
Experience with high level synthesis tools and flow
Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.

Nice To Haves

Competitive analysis and Machine Learning workload analysis experience is a bonus

Responsibilities

On Target power optimization feature prototyping and waveform analysis
Develop novel power-optimized multi-media HW and Systems architecture for next generation SOCs
Implement models for power projections, validation and architectural trade off analysis
Establish use-case and HW core power targets
Work with HW/SW design teams to implement and validate power features and targets through various design stages from concept to implementation