Lead NoC Performance Architect

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > SoC Architecture

General Summary:

As a NoC Performance Architect, you will create NoC performance and power models for a wide range of  SoCs spanning multiple product streams, correlate models against RTL behavior, prototype ideas and help productize performance/power features for future SoC designs.

Required for this Role:

Preferred qualifications

Role and Responsibilities

• Responsible for leading NoC performance architecture and contribute to pathfinding and performance projections for our leading SoCs
• Identify ideas for improving the SoC’s performance/power characteristics. Prototype idea in the performance/power model and thoroughly characterize it
• Verify model correctness by writing unit-tests and debugging mismatches against expectations
• Work with architects and RTL developers to productize the improvements identified through detailed studies
• Conduct RTL performance verification. This will involve creation of verification plans and directed tests / checkers

Minimum Qualifications:

•    Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 8+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 7+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.

• 2+ years of experience in one or more system architecture technology areas and products (e.g., Power System, Shared Resource Management, Limits/Thermal Management, Hardware Islands).

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:

$242,300.00 - $363,500.00

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