Senior Staff Systems Engineer - Chipset Power

Qualcomm

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Work type
On-site
Location
San Diego, CA
Salary
$179,000–$268,400 / yr
Posted
77 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Dec 23, 2026

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Above market

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This role $224k
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TL;DR · Senior Staff Systems Engineer - Chipset Power

As a Systems Engineer - Chipset Power, Senior Staff, you will join the PPT Systems Engineering group to lead cross-functional teams in modeling and optimizing power for Snapdragon chipsets. You will be responsible for the entire design and development cycle, performing power architecture trade-off analyses, identifying power gaps, and designing features to achieve world-class low power consumption. Your daily work involves system-level power modeling, analysis, and optimization for SOC, chipset, and platform solutions while collaborating with systems, software, hardware, silicon process, and production test teams. You will also engage in customer interactions to address specific requirements and model custom use cases. The role requires expertise in low-power feature design at the SoC or platform level across domains such as application processors, modem processors, AR/VR, machine learning, IoT, automotive, or computing systems.

What does a Systems Engineer earn in California?

Median $194000 from 61 postings across 16 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Perform power architecture and tradeoff analysis for Snapdragon chipsets.
  • Model, analyze, and optimize power for SoC, chipset, and platform solutions.
  • Identify specific power requirements and quantify potential risk areas or gaps.
  • Optimize power efficiency and performance for current designs while architecting future products.
  • Lead cross-functional teams through the design cycle to achieve established power targets.
  • Design power features in coordination with systems, software, hardware, and silicon process teams.
  • Interact with customers to address specific power requirements and showcase chipset capabilities.
  • Model customer-specific use cases and designs to ensure optimal performance.

What we're looking for

  • A Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or an equivalent field is required.
  • 15 years of professional experience in relevant areas is preferred.
  • Experience in the analysis and design of low power features at the SOC, chipset, or platform level.
  • Architectural knowledge in application processor, modem processor, AR/VR, machine learning, IOT, automotive, or computing.
  • Experience in hardware or software design and optimization of low power features.
  • Expertise in system-level power modeling and analysis.

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