Senior GPU Engineer

Qualcomm

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Work type
On-site
Location
San Diego, CA
Salary
$133,600–$200,400 / yr
Posted
15 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Mar 16, 2027

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Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $209k
This role $167k
$119k most similar roles pay here $267k

This role pays less than 90% of similar roles. Most pay $181,562–$235,750 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $167k versus about $209k for comparable roles.

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TL;DR · Senior GPU Engineer

As a Senior GPU Engineer within the GPU ASICS Engineering group, you will independently plan and perform responsibilities for architecting, designing, implementing, verifying, and optimizing the performance and power of GPU cores. Your daily work involves building functional modeling simulations while developing software, tools, and tests for various graphics workloads. You will run benchmarks for different applications and conduct both pre- and post-silicon verification to ensure that all correctness, performance, and power goals are met. You will also serve as a strong contributor during design reviews and project meetings. The role focuses on the technical challenges of GPU core optimization and hardware verification. Candidates should possess a Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field to succeed in this specialized hardware engineering domain.

What you'll do

  • Architect, design, implement, and optimize the performance and power of GPU cores.
  • Build functional modeling simulations for graphics workloads.
  • Develop software, tools, and tests for various graphics applications.
  • Run benchmarks to evaluate performance across different applications.
  • Perform pre-silicon verification to ensure architectural correctness.
  • Conduct post-silicon verification to verify that performance and power goals are met.

What we're looking for

  • A Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field is accepted.
  • Experience architecting, designing, implementing, verifying, and optimizing the performance and power of GPU cores.
  • Ability to build functional modeling simulations.
  • Skill in developing software, tools, and tests for various graphics workloads.
  • Experience running benchmarks for different applications.
  • Experience performing pre- and post-silicon verification to verify correctness and ensure performance and power goals are met.

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