CPU Architecture Performance Engineer, Senior to Staff Level

Company:

Qualcomm Semiconductor Limited:

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

General Summary: The Potential Areas To Work Include

• The main responsibility of this position is to do the performance verification for world-class custom CPU for mobile and portable computers.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Proficiency in one or more areas of CPU architecture: fetch, decode, branch prediction, renaming, execute units, SIMD, load/store, MMU, caches, retire, etc.
• Verify performance feature between RTL and model, and have ability to troubleshooting
• Work with design team and performance team to develop test case and validate new feature

Preferred qualifications

• MS degree in Computer Architecture with 3-5 years of practical experience
• Good CPU architecture knowledge and micro-architecture knowledge
• Experience working in a RTL simulation environment
• Experience working in a performance modeling environment
• Proficient in Verilog, C and C++ and scripting languages such as Perl or Python
• Ability to problem solve and prove your own ideas
• Knowledge and experience with common performance benchmarks and workloads

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
  OR
  Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
  OR
  PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

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