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Redmond, Washington, United States · On-site
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Redmond, Washington, United States · On-site
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Seattle, Washington, United States · On-site
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Seattle, Washington, United States · On-site
$200k–$300k/yr
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Redmond, Washington, United States · Hybrid
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Seattle, Washington, United States · On-site
$170k–$250k/yr
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Seattle, Washington, United States · Hybrid
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Seattle, Washington, United States · On-site
$120k–$225k/yr
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Seattle, Washington, United States · On-site
$160k–$220k/yr
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Seattle, Washington, United States · On-site
$170k–$250k/yr
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Seattle, Washington, United States · On-site
$170k–$250k/yr
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Seattle, Washington, United States · On-site
$190k–$280k/yr
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The role involves analyzing and tuning CPU performance through workload characterization, micro-benchmark development, and competitive analysis. The engineer will identify performance improvements in software and hardware and build prediction models for competitor CPUs.
Requires a Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science with 6 to 8+ years of experience. Candidates must have strong scripting skills, proficiency in C/C++, and experience with CPU performance models and system architecture.
As a Lead CPU Performance Analysis Engineer, you will be working on CPU performance analysis and tuning, microbenchmark development, workload characterization, workload tracing, and performing competitive performance analysis using industry standard benchmarks and workloads.
Roles and Responsibilities
Collect CPU performance data for various workloads and benchmarks
Conduct detailed workload characterization on silicon and performance simulators
Profile workload execution and identify avenues for improving workload performance in software (OS, Libraries, Frameworks) and hardware
Develop tools and techniques to collect representative workload traces to feed the CPU performance simulator
Create micro-benchmarks to understand performance characteristics of competitor’s CPU / SoC
Build competitive performance prediction models
Present the competitive performance data in a concise manner
Minimum Skills/Experience
Strong grasp of computer architecture and OS fundamentals
Strong scripting skills -- Bash / Perl / Python
Proficiency in C / C++ / x86, ARM compatible assembly language
Familiarity with CPU performance models
Preferred qualifications
Master’s degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering / Science with 10+ years of relevant work experience
Experience with hardware performance profiling tools (such as Vtune, perf), binary instrumentation tools (such as DynamoRio, PIN)
Experience with characterizing industry standard benchmarks (e.g. CPU2017, GeekBench, AnTuTu, Speedometer) and workloads such as Memcached, NGINX, Redis, DCPerf
Experience in writing micro-benchmarks to measure performance characteristics of a CPU / SoC
Prior experience in developing trace collection tools and using same to trace workloads to feed the CPU performance simulators
Experience with CPU performance simulators / analytical models
Experience in OS internals (Windows / Linux / Android), system programming and Compilers (GCC, LLVM, JIT)
Knowledge of the competitive landscape, feature specifications and industry trends in the server and client domain
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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:
$242,300.00 - $363,500.00The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer – and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.
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