Company:Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc.

Job Area:Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary:

Qualcomm’s PPAT power team is looking for a Power Systems Software Engineer who is passionate in solving power challenges and develop innovative solutions for optimizing power for next generation Snapdragon chipsets. Engineer will have the opportunity to learn, work, and influence everything related to mobile SOC power – SOC power & system design, modelling, measurements, debugging, analysis, optimization, and commercialization of best-in-class SOC power. Responsibilities: • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to build strong knowledge of power hardware and software system design, and cutting-edge power saving techniques.

Minimum 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 Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Plan and evaluate new power saving features in pre-silicon (emulation) and post-silicon setting.

• Analyze power DB KPIs in post-silicon phase along with their debug, analysis, and optimizations.

• Establish correlation between measured power and model estimates for all the SOC IPs and investigate gaps.

• Perform trade-offs between software alternatives by creating and performing software prototypes and experiments.

• Identifying opportunities, and tuning or developing new algorithms

• Contribute to debug/analysis tools and automation software Skills/experience:

• Solid understanding of computer architecture system design concepts – memory management and memory hierarches, CPU/GPU architecture, operating systems’ aspects like processes, threads, and scheduling, and so forth

• Solid programming skills (embedded programming, data-analytics using python etc.) with ability to write moderately complex software;

• Familiarity with electrical engineering concepts, power savings techniques would be a plus

• Solid communication skills, team player, able to work independently.

• Exposure to Android/Linux Device driver areas would be a plus Minimum Qualifications

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:

$111,300.00 - $166,900.00

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