Location
San Diego, CA
Type
Full-time
Posted
9/12/2026
Compensation
$155,400 - $233,200 per year
Job description
As a System Performance Engineer at Qualcomm, you will play a crucial role in optimizing and validating performance for Qualcomm Snapdragon Chipsets across various business units. You will collaborate with software, hardware, and architecture teams to enhance power, performance, and thermal behavior of systems. This position also involves mentoring junior engineers and leading multiple projects. Your expertise will be essential in researching, simulating, and validating performance to ensure product requirements are met.
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 industry power and performance benchmarks
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.
H-1B filing history
Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026
Filing entity: Qualcomm Technologies Inc
As of Aug 23, 2026
Initial approvals
198
FY2026
Approval rate
98.1%
FY2026
LCA certified
59,278
FY2026
Entry-level share
0.0%
FY2026
Initial approvals YoY
-22%
Trend
LCA certified YoY
+30%
Trend
Initial approvals by fiscal year
Approval rate by fiscal year
Continuing vs initial approvals
LCA certified positions by quarter
LCA certified positions by fiscal year
Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.
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