CPU Software Senior Engineer

About the Role

As a Qualcomm CPU Software Architect, you will develop and optimize Software that pushes the envelope on performance, energy efficiency, and scalability across product segments and business units.

Key Responsibilities

• Leverage knowledge of CPU Architecture to develop and/or optimize Software for high performance and low power.
• Run benchmarks for applications and perform critical pre- and post-silicon verification to ensure performance and power goals are met.
• Develop new benchmarks for upcoming areas and workloads across product segments.
• Understand software workloads at the next level (libraries, compiler, assembly, runtime, algorithms) and evaluate optimization opportunities.
• Collaborate with internal (CPU, Compiler, Kernel) and external (benchmark vendors, open source community) teams to implement solutions that meet CPU performance requirements.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Excellent in programming using C/C++/Assembly/Python/Javascript.
• In-depth understanding of software stack: Linux Internals/device drivers.
• Strong understanding of Computer architecture and Operating system concepts.
• Strong problem-solving skills to look at the big picture and unorthodox ways to solve challenging performance problems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• OR Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• OR PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
• 2+ years of academic or work experience with Programming Languages such as C, C++, Java, Python.