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About Qualcomm
Qualcomm is a leading American semiconductor and telecommunications company based in San Diego, CA.
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As a Qualcomm CPU Engineer at the senior level, you will lead critical CPU design efforts that impact global industries by collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop and optimize multi-core CPUs for various business units. Your daily responsibilities include conducting power analysis on CPUSS projects, characterizing power consumption using tools like PTPX and Joules, and working closely with RTL design, synthesis, and physical design teams to measure and optimize power metrics. You will also correlate pre-silicon projections with post-silicon measurements and document results for comparison. The role requires experience in power characterization, scripting languages such as Tcl or Python, and a strong analytical mindset. Preferred qualifications include expertise in low-power implementation techniques, understanding of CPU micro-architecture challenges, and knowledge of UPF or CPF standards.
CPU
SoC
Datacenter Server
Mobile Compute
Auto SoCs
Boot Architecture
APCI
PSCI
Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling
Analog Mixed Signals IPs
Over-Current Protection
Power Management
Thermal Management
Software Control Loops
Firmware Control Loops
High-Level Architecture Specification
RTL Design
C
C++
ARM
RISC-V
RTOS
J-TAG
ICE
SPI
I2C
PCIe
CAN
Ethernet
USB
UFS
GIC
PLIC
Linux_kernel
Firmware_development
Driver_development
Multi-core_CPUs
Memory_consistency
Messaging_systems
Virtualization
Security
Super_Scalar_Architectures