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System Performance Engineer, Senior

Qualcomm

Location

San Diego, CA

Type

Full-time

Posted

7/3/2026

Compensation

$122,500 - $183,700 per year

Undergraduate with 5+ Years of Experience
Approval 97.1%·Filings 1,170·New hires 255·
Established Sponsor
·FY 2025

Job description

As a System Performance Engineer at Qualcomm, you will play a crucial role in optimizing and validating the performance of Qualcomm Snapdragon Chipsets across various business units. You will collaborate with software, hardware, and architecture teams to enhance power, performance, and thermal behavior. This position also involves mentoring junior engineers and leading multiple projects. Your expertise will be essential in researching and validating system-level software and hardware solutions.

Requirements

  • Master’s degree in Computer Engineering
  • 4+ years of practical post-silicon experience in power and performance analysis of complex SoCs
  • Strong programming and scripting skills in Python and C/C++
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills
  • Knowledgeable in state-of-the-art workloads including AI and LLM
  • Understanding of memory hierarchy and system interconnects
  • Understanding of ARM SoC concepts and architecture specifications
  • Experience with Vulkan, OpenGL, DX12, or CUDA
  • Knowledge of SW Power management stacks and scheduler behavior

Responsibilities

  • Enable, profile, and analyze complex concurrent system use-cases in emulation and software environments.
  • Define and document performance and power analysis plans for system use-cases across multiple workloads.
  • Identify areas of performance optimization in the SoC for both software and hardware architectures.
  • Direct triage of complex performance issues to determine root-cause and present results to stakeholders.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement optimal power, performance, and thermal solutions.
  • Provide technical leadership, mentor, and guide engineers to successfully execute multiple programs.
  • Prepare clear and concise reports and recommendations for product teams to drive business decisions.
  • Define and develop automation for the team to operate more efficiently.

Benefits

  • Qualcomm offers competitive compensation, annual bonuses, stock programs, comprehensive healthcare coverage, retirement plans, wellness programs, parental leave, flexible work options, and professional development opportunities.

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