Drimva

Qualcomm

AI TLM Performance Modeling

$162K–$243K

San Diego, California · On-site · Full-time · Posted Sep 25, 2026

Experience
Bachelor's degree: 4+ years of relevant work experience; master's degree: 3+ years; PhD: 2+ years.
Education
Bachelor's, master's, or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.

About the job

Build and test performance-modeling platforms for Qualcomm AI hardware, evaluating SoC architectures and optimizing LLM frameworks and AI workloads for performance and power efficiency.

What you'll do

  • Design, develop, and test tools to analyze and optimize AI workloads.
  • Model AI hardware performance and evaluate hardware architecture tradeoffs.
  • Collaborate with hardware and systems engineers to analyze and validate LLMs and other AI workloads.

What they ask for

  • Programming experience in Python, C/C++, SystemC, and TLM2.0.
  • Experience with SoC architecture, DDR memory controllers, and NOC design/modeling.
  • Experience with AI workloads and architectures, machine-learning hardware accelerators, and measuring and analyzing ML network performance.
  • Experience with TensorFlow and Pytorch; familiarity with computer and DSP architecture, RTL design/modeling/verification, and LLVM or GCC.

Pay

$162,000.00 - $243,000.00 USD base salary

Tools

Python, C/C++, SystemC, TLM2.0, TensorFlow, Pytorch, LLVM, GCC

AI focus

Performance modeling and optimization for AI hardware, LLMs, machine-learning networks, and cloud data-server workloads.

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