Company:

Qualcomm Semiconductor Limited:

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > GPU ASICS Engineering

General Summary:

Qualcomm’s Adreno GPU has been the industry leading mobile graphics solution in today’s Android smart phone market worldwide. Our power efficient GPU solution is fundamental to enable the new exciting markets like VR/AR, IoT, AI, drone, autonomous driving etc. GPU compiler is a key component of graphics solution. We invite you to join us to create world class GPU compiler products to enable high performance graphics and compute with low power consumption.

This position will be responsible for performance analysis and optimizations for mobile games running on Qualcomm's Adreno GPUs. Through the analyses and experiments on GPU applications, usage and development of tools/profilers, and investigation/prototyping of compiler optimizations, there will be opportunities to influence performance of games and GPU design.

All Qualcomm employees are expected to actively support diversity on their teams, and in the Company.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Deep understanding of computer architecture (GPU, memory, data layout, etc.) and performance tradeoffs
• Extensive experience with game or parallel application performance tuning on multi-core CPU, GPU, or heterogeneous systems
• Compiler knowledge, development, and optimization experience
• Experience with C / C++ or scripting languages (e.g. Python)
• Good communication skills and teamwork spirit, reliable and self-motivated

Preferred skills/experience for role:

• Graphics shader programming (OpenGL, Vulkan, DirectX, or others) or OpenCL/CUDA kernel development
• Experience with performance profiling and tuning for games
• Experience with usage/development of CPU/GPU performance modeling and profiling tools

Education:

Required: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems, or related field, with 2+ years of industry experience

Preferred: Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.

Keywords:

GPU, mobile games, graphics processor, compiler, performance, computer graphics, architecture

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience. OR
  Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
  OR
  PhD in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.

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