Qualcomm
CPU Post-Silicon Performance Engineer
$148K–$222K
Santa Clara, California · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 7, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years’ experience; also states 3+ experience in silicon validation and bring-up. Minimum Qualifications separately lists: bachelor’s degree plus 2+ years’ relevant work experience, or master’s degree plus 1+ year, or PhD.
- Education
- BA/BS in CS/EE; Minimum Qualifications also lists a bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
About the job
Prepares and supports CPU silicon bring-up and validation, from pre-silicon platform work through silicon debugging and productization.
What you'll do
- Develop CPU bring-up and validation test plans and strategies with CPU design, verification, SoC bring-up, and software teams.
- Prepare for bring-up on emulation and FPGA platforms, and reproduce silicon failures there.
- Triage and debug silicon failures; propose debug features to improve future CPU bring-up.
What they ask for
- BA/BS in CS/EE with 5+ years’ experience; the posting also lists degree and experience alternatives under Minimum Qualifications.
- 3+ experience in silicon validation and bring-up.
- Implement embedded firmware in assembly and C/C++.
- Experience with software tool chains, including assemblers, C compilers, Makefiles, and source code control tools.
Nice to have
- Server performance analysis using SPEC INT, SPEC Float, and DC Perf workloads.
- CPU, L2/LLC, NoC, memory, and DDR performance analysis; emulation-based validation and performance debugging.
Pay
$147,900.00 - $221,900.00 USD base salary
Tools
assembly, C/C++, assemblers, C compilers, Makefiles, SPEC INT, SPEC Float, DC Perf
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