Design Verification Engineer, Senior Staff

As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm GPU Engineer, you may architect, design, implement, verify, and/or optimize the performance and power of GPU cores. Qualcomm Engineers collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet and exceed customer needs

Preferred Qualifications:

•    Master's degree or PhD in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
•    2+ years of relevant GPU experience. 
•    2+ years of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership (e.g., Director and above).

•    1+ year in a technical leadership role with direct reports (only applies to positions with direct reports).

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

•    Leverages advanced GPU knowledge and experience to architect, design, implement, verify, and/or optimize the performance and power of GPU cores.

•    Builds functional model simulations, develops software, and tests for various graphics to verify correctness and ensures highly advanced performance and power goals are met.

•    Designs, programs, and runs complex, comprehensive graphics tests using tools for large subsystems to ensure high-quality functionality, performance, power, and stability and identify issues. 

•    Facilitates collaboration with third-party vendors, external users, and across organizations to guide implementation and ensure alignment with needs and goals.

•    Develops critical driver and compiler software to support the GPU products. 

•    Writes detailed technical documentation and feature descriptions for highly complex GPU projects to guide users and/or customers to implement output; reviews technical documentation for junior engineers.

Level of Responsibility:
•    Works independently with minimal supervision.

•    Provides supervision/guidance to other team members.
•    Decision-making is significant in nature and affects work beyond immediate work group.
•    Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey complex information. May require negotiation, influence, tact, etc. 
•    Has a great degree of influence over key organizational decisions.
•    Tasks do not have defined steps; planning, problem-solving, and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively.