Qualcomm
Senior CPU Performance Verification Engineer
$150K–$184K
San Diego, California · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 17, 2026
- Education
- Master's Degree (or foreign academic equivalent) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related degree field.
About the job
Plans and performs CPU performance verification and simulation studies, analyzes workloads for bottlenecks, and collaborates on improving multi-core CPU designs.
What you'll do
- Analyze workloads to identify performance bottlenecks and product improvement opportunities.
- Run self-guided performance simulation studies of design alternatives and assess implementation costs of new features with RTL and design teams.
- Collaborate with performance, architecture, and RTL teams to improve simulation environments and contribute to design reviews.
Pay
$150,030.00 - $183,700.00/year (base salary)
Tools
CPU, RTL
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