CPU Performance Analysis Engineer

As a CPU Performance Analysis Engineer, you will be working on CPU performance analysis and tuning,projectingCPUroadmap performance, workload characterizationandthread-levelbehavioralmodeling,workload tracing, and performing competitive performance analysis using industry standard benchmarks and workloads.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Collect CPU performance data for various workloads and benchmarks

• Conduct detailed workload characterization on silicon and performance simulators

• Profile workload execution anddevelop single-threaded and multi-threaded behavior models ofindustry standard benchmarks

• Develop tools and techniques toprojectSOC benchmark performance using CPU performance simulator andanalyticalcharacterizationmodels

• Prepare benchmark projections forroadmap andcompetitiveCPU / SOC comparison andanalysis

• Build competitive performance prediction models

• Present the competitive performance data in a concise manner

Minimum Skills/Experience

• Strong grasp of computer architecture and OS fundamentals

• Strong scripting skills – Bash / Perl / Python

• Proficiency in C / C++ / x86, ARM compatible assembly language

• Familiarity with CPU performance models, Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e-mailor call Qualcomm's toll-free number found. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities. (Keep in mind that this email address is used to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. We will not respond here to requests for updates on applications or resume inquiries).

? Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience. OR Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience. OR PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ 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).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master?s degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering / Science with 10+ years of relevant work experience

• Experience with hardware performance profiling tools (such asVtune, perf), binary instrumentation tools (such asDynamoRio, PIN)

• Experience with characterizing industry standard benchmarks (e.g. CPU2017,GeekBench, AnTuTu, Speedometer) and workloads such as Memcached, NGINX, Redis,DCPerf

• Experience in writing micro-benchmarks to measure performance characteristics of a CPU / SoC

• Prior experience in developing trace collection tools and using same to trace workloads to feed the CPU performance simulators

• Experience with CPU performance simulators / analytical models

• Experience in OS internals (Windows / Linux / Android), system programming and Compilers (GCC, LLVM, JIT)

• Knowledge of the competitive landscape, feature specifications and industry trends in the server and client domain

Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.

Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits: $167,000.00 - $250,600.00

The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer ? and you can review more details about our US benefits at this.

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