Qualcomm
Lead CPU Performance Analysis Engineer
$273K–$409K
Santa Clara, California +2 · On-site · Full-time · Posted Sep 17, 2026
- Location
- Santa Clara, California
Austin, TX
San Diego, CA - Experience
- 8+ years with a bachelor's degree, 7+ years with a master's degree, or 6+ years with a PhD; plus 2+ years in a system architecture technology area and products.
- Education
- Bachelor's, master's, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
About the job
Analyzes and tunes CPU performance through workload profiling, microbenchmarking, trace collection, simulation, and competitive performance analysis.
What you'll do
- Collect and characterize CPU performance data across workloads and benchmarks, on silicon and in performance simulators.
- Profile workloads and identify software or hardware opportunities to improve performance; develop trace-collection tools and techniques.
- Develop microbenchmarks and competitive performance prediction models, and present competitive performance findings.
What they ask for
- Strong grasp of computer architecture and OS fundamentals; strong scripting skills in Bash, Perl, or Python.
- Proficiency in C/C++, x86, and ARM-compatible assembly language; familiarity with CPU performance models.
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 8+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience; or master's degree and 7+ years; or PhD and 6+ years.
- 2+ years of experience in one or more system architecture technology areas and products.
Nice to have
- Experience with performance profiling or binary instrumentation tools, benchmarks and workloads, CPU performance simulators, or analytical models.
- Experience with OS internals, system programming and compilers; knowledge of competitive landscape and industry trends.
Pay
$272,900.00 - $409,300.00 (base salary)
Tools
Bash, Perl, Python, C, C++, x86, ARM, Vtune
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