Qualcomm
Data Center Engineering - Post Silicon Power and Performance Engineer
$141K–$212K
Austin, Texas +1 · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 2, 2026
- Location
- Austin, Texas
Santa Clara, California - Experience
- Bachelor’s: 4+ years; master’s: 3+ years; PhD: 2+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience. Preferred qualifications also state 5 to 10+ years of practical post-silicon SoC performance and power analysis experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's, master's, or PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field.
About the job
Characterizes, debugs, and optimizes post-silicon power and performance of data center SoCs and server systems, and feeds real-silicon findings into future CPU development.
What you'll do
- Develop and execute performance and power analysis plans, benchmark data center workloads, and troubleshoot issues across silicon development and production phases.
- Set optimization strategies and coordinate testing with cross-functional teams to validate CPU and system performance.
- Improve validation capabilities through tool and script development, methodology improvements, and technical initiatives.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field plus 4+ years, master’s degree plus 3+ years, or PhD plus 2+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
- Strong programming or scripting skills, including C/C++ and Python scripts.
- Understanding of CPU architecture, memory hierarchy, system interconnects, and ARM v8 and v9 specifications.
- Experience with post-silicon performance and power analysis, benchmarking, and power optimization methods.
Nice to have
- 5 to 10+ years of practical experience in post-silicon performance and power analysis of SoCs.
- Experience with data center servers.
Pay
$141,300.00 - $211,900.00 USD base salary
Tools
C/C++, Python scripts, ARM v8, ARM v9, SMMU, GIC, Coresight-PMU, DAQs
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