Qualcomm
SOC Power/Limits Architect
$146K–$218K
Colorado - Remote · On-site · Full-time · Posted Sep 22, 2026
- Experience
- 6+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience (5+ years if Master’s; 4+ years if PhD). Minimum qualifications also state 4+ years with a bachelor's, 3+ with a master's, or 2+ with a PhD in Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field; or Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field; or PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field. Qualifications also specify a bachelor's in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field; or an MS or PhD in Electronics or Computer Engineering, or equivalent with focus on computer architecture and power/performance analysis.
About the job
Defines SoC limits-management architecture that balances performance with physical, electrical, and thermal constraints by coordinating hardware, firmware, and software mitigations.
What you'll do
- Integrate hardware triggers, firmware policies, and software mitigations to protect silicon health; standardize mitigation features across IP and hardware blocks.
- Guide sensing IP and telemetry requirements, and define performance impacts of mitigation strategies.
- Build cross-functional alignment on feature ROI and oversee post-silicon validation and power correlation against pre-silicon models.
What they ask for
- Experience with power management and low-power design methodologies.
- Strong C/C++ skills for architectural modeling and firmware prototyping, and Python skills for data analysis, performance profiling, and workflow automation.
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field; or MS or PhD in Electronics or Computer Engineering, or equivalent with focus on computer architecture and power/performance analysis.
Pay
$145,600.00 - $218,400.00 USD base salary
Tools
C/C++, Python
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