Staff Engineer - Power & Performance (Embedded Systems)

Qualcomm India Private Limited is seeking a skilled Staff Engineer specializing in Power & Performance for embedded systems. This role is part of the Engineering Group, specifically within Systems Engineering. We are looking for individuals with expertise in one or more of the following areas to contribute to our innovative projects.

Areas of Expertise:

• Experience with Complex Embedded Systems, preferably in Mobile, IoT, or Automotive domains.
• Proficiency in power/performance use cases, system modeling, SOC Profiling, PPA (Power, Performance, Area) tradeoffs, post-silicon bring-up, and product qualification.
• Solid understanding of computer architecture and operating system fundamentals.
• Post-silicon system validation of SOC performance, architectural analysis, and providing feedback for future product development.
• Analysis of power-performance data for various CPU, GPU, and AI workloads and benchmarks.
• Conducting detailed workload characterization and sensitivity analysis.
• Development and enhancement of analysis tools and instrumentation to aid in analysis, performance gap identification, and optimization.
• Deep knowledge of CPU microarchitecture, including cache, latency, and bandwidth analysis.
• Experience with Linux/Android kernel development, device driver development, and Android architecture.
• Collaboration with the architecture team on power-performance trade-off analysis during product definition.
• Expertise in power and/or performance optimization, and exposure to CPU/SOC SW DCVS/DVFS Governors.
• System-level experience, including Linux kernel internals and system programming.
• Collaboration with internal teams and external partners for analysis and optimization efforts.
• Hands-on lab experience with Power Data Acquisition/DAQs, Oscilloscopes, JTAGs, and ARM Developer Studio.
• Familiarity with ADB shell, shell scripts, Python scripts, and understanding of Linux/Android systems and automation scripts/environments.
• Exposure to Git, Jira, Android, and QTI tools.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to manage tasks independently.
• Ability to act as a technical lead on projects and own project outcomes.
• Advising multiple engineering teams on the development of complex hardware designs, evaluating design features to identify potential flaws or issues.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field, with 4+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
• OR Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field, with 3+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
• OR PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field, with 2+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.

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