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Qualcomm is a leading American semiconductor and telecommunications company based in San Diego, CA.
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As a CPU Performance Research Engineer within the CPU Architecture group, you will drive innovation in next-generation CPU performance, efficiency, and scalability. You will perform self-guided exploratory studies to evaluate novel microarchitectures and disruptive performance ideas well ahead of product definition. Your daily responsibilities include analyzing workloads to identify bottlenecks, prototyping features in architectural performance models, and collaborating with RTL and design teams to assess implementation costs for new features. The role requires expertise in CPU architecture areas such as fetch, decode, branch prediction, renaming, execute units, SIMD, load/store, MMU, caches, and retire. You will utilize C, C++, and scripting languages like Perl or Python within a performance modeling environment. This role focuses on solving complex architectural challenges to improve compute products from conceptualization through post-silicon verification.
Conduct self-guided exploratory studies to evaluate new CPU performance ideas and novel microarchitectures.
Analyze workloads to identify specific performance bottlenecks and opportunities for improvement.
Prototype new features within the CPU architectural performance model.
Assess implementation costs for new features in coordination with RTL and design teams.
Maintain and improve the simulation environment to increase team productivity.
Identify product improvement opportunities by collaborating with architecture and RTL teams.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's degree in Computer Architecture, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field with 4+ years of relevant engineering experience.
Master's degree in Computer Architecture, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field with 3+ years of relevant engineering experience.
PhD in Computer Architecture, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field with 2+ years of relevant engineering experience.
At least 2 years of work experience in CPU Architecture.
At least 2 years of experience programming in C and C++.
Proficiency in scripting languages such as Perl or Python.
Experience working in a performance modeling environment.
Knowledge of common performance benchmarks, workloads, OS internals, and compiler technology.
CPU Architecture
Micro-architecture
C
C++
Python
Perl
RTL
SIMD
Compiler Technology
OS Internals
Performance Modeling
Simulation
Hardware Engineering
Systems Engineering