System Performance Engineer, Senior

Qualcomm • San Diego, CA

2d • $129,500 - $194,300

About The Position

Qualcomm Technologies’ System Performance Team optimizes and validates performance for Qualcomm Snapdragon chipsets across Mobile, Compute, Automotive, IoT, Server, and Data Center AI. The System Performance Engineer collaborates with software, hardware, and architecture teams to optimize system power, performance, and thermal behavior. The role involves researching, simulating, and validating performance to ensure product requirements are met, while providing technical leadership to junior engineers across multiple projects.

Requirements

• Strong programming and scripting skills, including Python and C/C++.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work independently and take initiative.
• Understanding of memory hierarchy and system interconnects.
• Understanding of ARM SoC concepts and architecture specifications, including SMMU, GIC, Coresight-PMU, and bus interface protocols.
• Knowledge of ARM v8 and v9 specifications.
• Understanding of industry power and performance benchmarks, including system interactions and dependencies.
• Knowledge of system power/performance analysis tools and techniques.
• Understanding of computer hardware and architecture.
• Knowledge of software power-management stacks and scheduler behavior.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Computer Engineering.
• Four or more years of practical post-silicon experience analyzing power and performance in complex SoCs.
• Knowledge of state-of-the-art workloads, including AI and LLMs.
• Experience with Vulkan, OpenGL, DX12, or CUDA.

Responsibilities

• Enable, profile, and analyze complex concurrent system use cases in emulation and software environments, including Android, Linux, and Windows.
• Define and document performance and power analysis plans for system use cases and workloads involving CPU, GPU, AI/ML, and concurrent scenarios.
• Identify opportunities to optimize SoC software and hardware architectures.
• Direct triage of complex performance issues, determine root causes, and present findings to internal and external stakeholders.
• Collaborate with product management, hardware, and software engineering teams to implement power, performance, and thermal solutions.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to engineers working across multiple programs.
• Prepare clear reports and recommendations for product teams and senior executives to support business decisions and next-generation architecture choices.
• Define and develop automation to improve team efficiency.

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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed