Qualcomm
Lead SoC Performance Architect
$273K–$409K
Santa Clara, California · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 16, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years in SoC performance/power modeling. Minimum qualifications also specify 8+ years of Systems Engineering or related work with a bachelor's degree, 7+ with a master's, or 6+ with a PhD; plus 2+ years in one or more system architecture technology areas and products.
- Education
- Bachelor's, master's, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
About the job
Creates and validates SoC performance and power models, verifies RTL performance, and prototypes and helps productize design improvements for server-class SoCs.
What you'll do
- Conduct RTL performance verification, including creating verification plans, directed tests, and checkers.
- Develop and validate performance/power models for interconnects, caches, memory controllers, and IO controllers.
- Prototype and characterize performance/power improvements, then work with architects and RTL developers to productize them.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of SoC performance/power modeling experience.
- Strong computer architecture fundamentals, especially interconnects, traffic QoS, distributed caches, coherency flows, DRAM controllers, and IO (PCIe) flows.
- Proficiency in C++ and Perl / Python; exposure to performance analysis and debug.
- Ability to identify, troubleshoot, and solve performance problems independently.
Nice to have
- 10+ years of CPU / SoC performance/power modeling or Performance Validation experience.
- Experience with RTL-to-model performance validation, RTL or post-silicon performance debugging, or productizing performance/power improvements.
Pay
USD $272,900.00 - $409,300.00 base salary
Tools
C++, Perl, Python, RTL, NoCs, DRAM controller, PCIe
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