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Qualcomm is a leading American semiconductor and telecommunications company based in San Diego, CA.
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The CPU Architecture Performance Engineer joins the CPU Engineering team to perform performance verification for custom CPUs designed for mobile and portable computers. Working with cross-functional teams, the engineer will verify performance features between RTL and models while troubleshooting issues and collaborating with design and performance teams to develop test cases and validate new features. The role requires deep knowledge of micro-architecture components such as fetch, decode, branch prediction, renaming, execute units, SIMD, load/store, MMU, caches, and retire. Candidates must be proficient in Verilog, C, C++, and scripting languages like Perl or Python. Additionally, the role demands experience in RTL simulation environments, performance modeling environments, and familiarity with common performance benchmarks and workloads to solve complex problems within the mobile and portable computing domain.
CPU Architecture
C
C++
Python
Perl
RTL
SIMD
Microarchitecture
Compiler Technology
OS Internals
Performance Modeling
Computer Architecture
Systems Engineering
Hardware Engineering
Software Engineering
CPU Architecture
Micro-architecture
C
C++
Python
Perl
RTL
SIMD
Compiler Technology
OS Internals
Performance Modeling
Simulation
Hardware Engineering
Systems Engineering