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Qualcomm is a leading American semiconductor and telecommunications company based in San Diego, CA.
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As a Senior Systems Performance Engineer at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., you will join the System Performance Team to optimize and validate performance for Snapdragon Chipsets across various business units including Mobile, Compute, Automotive, and IoT. Your daily tasks include enabling, profiling, and analyzing complex concurrent system use-cases in emulation and software environments such as Android/Linux/Windows, defining performance and power analysis plans, identifying optimization areas, and directing triage of complex issues to determine root causes. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams including product management, hardware, and software engineering to implement optimal solutions and provide technical leadership by mentoring junior engineers. Additionally, you will prepare detailed reports for senior executives to drive business decisions and next-generation architecture choices while developing automation tools to enhance team efficiency. The role requires a Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, 4+ years of practical post-silicon experience with power and performance analysis, strong programming skills in Python and C/C++, and knowledge of ARM SoC concepts and industry benchmarks.
C
C++
Python
MATLAB
Jira
Gerrit
Git
GNSS
CDMA
AGC
DSP filters
correlators
FFT
AFC
PLL
signal processing
detection theory
estimation theory
wireless channels
random processes
demodulation
decoding
C
C++
ARM Assembly
Python
Windows OS
Visual Studio
LLVM
Windows Performance Analyzer
ARM Architecture
CPU Architecture
Memory and Bus Architecture
Compiler Technology
JIT Technologies