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Qualcomm

CPU Performance Analysis Engineer

Santa Clara, CA · On-site

$111K - $166K/yr

As a CPU Performance Analysis Engineer, you will be working on CPU performance analysis and tuning, microbenchmark development, workload characterization, workload tracing, and performing competitive ...

AheadComputing Inc.

CPU Performance Architect

Austin, TX · On-site

$165K/yr

Analyze CPU performance using simulation tools and methodologies. * Collaborate with senior ... Master's or Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or ...

AheadComputing Inc.

$123K/yr

Analyze CPU performance using simulation tools and methodologies. * Collaborate with senior ... Master's or Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or ...

Intel Corporation

CPU Performance Architect

Austin, TX · On-site

$165K/yr

As part of our innovative engineering team, your contributions will directly impact the success of ... Models CPU performance and power, analyzes the bottlenecks of current CPUs on workloads that ...

Intel

CPU Performance Architect

Austin, TX

$165K/yr

As part of our innovative engineering team, your contributions will directlyimpactthe success of ... Models CPU performance and power, analyzes the bottlenecks of current CPUs on workloads that ...

Intel

Senior CPU Performance Architect

Phoenix, AZ

$165K/yr

Collaborates with architects, design, verification, and validation engineers during the execution ... Experience with CPU performance related activities from inception to real silicon (pathfinding ...

Intel

Senior CPU Performance Architect

Folsom, CA · On-site

$178K/yr

Collaborates with architects, design, verification, and validation engineers during the execution ... Experience with CPU performance related activities from inception to real silicon (pathfinding ...

Intel

Senior CPU Performance Architect

Santa Clara, CA

$196K/yr

Collaborates with architects, design, verification, and validation engineers during the execution ... Experience with CPU performance related activities from inception to real silicon (pathfinding ...

Intel

Senior CPU Performance Architect

Austin, TX · On-site

$165K/yr

Collaborates with architects, design, verification, and validation engineers during the execution ... Experience with CPU performance related activities from inception to real silicon (pathfinding ...

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CPU Performance Analysis Engineer

Santa Clara, CA • On-site

Qualcomm
Technology, Communication and Media • 10K+ employees
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$111K - $166K/yr

Full-time

Re-posted 14 days ago

Key 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 and hardware

Qualcomm rating

8.8

Company rating: 8.8 out of 10

Based on 11 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

Job description

Company:
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Job Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > SoC Architecture
General Summary:
As a 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

Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 2+ years of experience in one or more system architecture technology areas and products (e.g., Power System, Shared Resource Management, Limits/Thermal Management, Hardware Islands).
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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Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.
Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:
$111,200.00 - $166,800.00
The 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.
If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.

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Qualcomm is enabling a world where everyone and everything can be intelligently connected. You interact with products and technologies made possible by Qualcomm every day, including 5G-enabled smartphones that double as pro-level cameras and gaming devices, smarter vehicles and cities, and the technology behind the smart, connected factories that manufactured your latest purchase. Our powerful connectivity solutions keep you connected—even in remote areas. Qualcomm 5G and AI innovations are the power behind the connected intelligent edge. You’ll find our technologies behind and inside the innovations that deliver significant value across multiple industries and to billions of people every day.

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Year founded

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