Senior Staff GPU Engineer

Qualcomm

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Work type: On-site
Location: San Diego, CA
Salary: $195,200–$292,800 / yr
Posted: 2 days ago
Closes: Dec 23, 2026
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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TL;DR · Senior Staff GPU Engineer

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As a Senior Staff GPU Engineer at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., you will lead a team focused on enhancing engineering efficiency and product quality by architecting, designing, implementing, verifying, and optimizing the performance and power of GPU cores. Your daily responsibilities include building functional modeling simulations, developing software and tools, running benchmarks for various graphics workloads, and conducting pre- and post-silicon verification to ensure correctness and meet performance goals. The role requires expertise in algorithms, debugging, firmware, and automation, with a strong background in electrical or computer engineering. You will contribute to the development of cutting-edge GPU technology used in high-scale consumer electronics, addressing complex business problems related to power efficiency and performance optimization.

Skills

C++ Python CUDA OpenGL Vulkan Linux Debugging Firmware Automation CI/CD Git Jenkins Docker Kubernetes Terraform AWS Google Cloud Platform Azure PostgreSQL MongoDB

What you'll do

Leads team to enhance engineering efficiency and product quality in GPU core development.
Designs and implements performance and power optimization strategies for GPU cores.
Develops functional modeling simulations and software tools for graphics workloads.
Runs benchmarks and conducts pre-silicon verification to ensure correctness and goals.
Performs post-silicon verification to validate performance and power objectives.

What we're looking for

Master's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or Computer Science and 7+ years of relevant experience.
Bachelor's degree in related field and 9+ years of progressive experience in engineering roles.
Expertise in architecting, designing, implementing, verifying GPU cores for performance and power optimization.
Experience with functional modeling simulations, software development, tool creation, and test frameworks for graphics workloads.
Proficiency in running benchmarks and conducting pre/post-silicon verification to ensure product quality and efficiency.

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San Diego, CA 32 days ago $195,200–$292,800

C++, CUDA Python Linux Git CI/CD OpenGL Vulkan PCIe GPGPU PowerVR ARM NVIDIA AMD Qualcomm GPU Architecture Simulation Tools Performance Analysis Tools Debugging Tools Documentation Tools

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