Qualcomm
Sr-Staff Performance Engineer
$192K–$288K
Austin, Texas · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 17, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years of industry experience; minimum qualifications also state 6+ years with a bachelor's, 5+ years with a master's, or 4+ years with a PhD, plus 2+ years in high-performance microprocessor design.
- Education
- Bachelor's, master's, or PhD in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
About the job
Analyzes and optimizes performance in SoCs, processors, and heterogeneous computing systems, using modeling, profiling, and silicon data to guide architectural decisions.
What you'll do
- Develop performance models, benchmarks, and simulation environments to assess architectural tradeoffs and system bottlenecks.
- Collaborate across hardware and software teams to improve performance, power efficiency, and scalability.
- Correlate silicon measurements with simulation results and present recommendations that inform future designs.
What they ask for
- Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 10+ years of industry experience in performance engineering, computer architecture, system architecture, or a related field.
- Experience with performance modeling, simulation, or architectural analysis tools; proficiency in C/C++ and scripting languages such as Python.
- Experience developing, debugging, or optimizing Linux or Windows device drivers; understanding of OS internals and hardware-software interactions.
Nice to have
- Experience with DSP, AI/ML accelerators, GPU, or NPU architectures.
- Experience with silicon bring-up and post-silicon performance characterization.
Pay
$191,800.00 - $287,800.00 USD base salary
Tools
C/C++, Python, Linux, Windows, DSP, AI/ML, GPU, NPU
AI focus
Preferred experience includes AI/ML accelerators; the role may analyze and optimize their performance.
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