CPU Power Analysis Engineer

CPU Power Analysis Engineer – Qualcomm

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Engineering Group > CPU Engineering

As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what’s possible to enable next‑generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm CPU Engineer, you will lead innovative Central Processing Unit (CPU) design efforts that have a critical impact on industries across the world. Qualcomm Engineers collaborate with cross‑functional teams to design, verify, and implement multi‑core CPU operations for all Qualcomm Business Units.

• Power analysis on a project involved in the development of CPUSS.
• Power characterization of various CPU benchmarks using tools like PTPX and Joules.
• Work closely with RTL design, synthesis, and physical design teams to measure and optimize power.
• Tabulate metrics results for analysis comparison.
• Work with post‑silicon teams to correlate projections with silicon power measurements.

• 1+ years’ experience in power characterization, or related work experience.
• Experience in power analysis and optimization required.
• Proficiency in a scripting language, such as Tcl or Python.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.

• Experience with low power implementation techniques in RTL, synthesis, or physical design stages.
• Low power intent concepts and languages (UPF or CPF).
• Understanding of CPU micro‑architecture and their power challenges.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field and 2+ years of hardware, software, or systems engineering experience.
• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field and 1+ year of hardware, software, or systems engineering experience.
• PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.

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