Engineer, SoC Performance

Job Title

Engineer, SoC Performance

Role Summary

Work on system-level performance validation, analysis, and optimization for multimedia and compute SoCs across pre-silicon and post-silicon platforms. Validate multimedia use cases, identify performance bottlenecks, and collaborate with architecture, design, software, power, and multimedia teams to meet performance goals.

Experience Level

Entry-level - typically 1–2 years of relevant experience in embedded systems, SoC validation, or system performance.

Responsibilities

Execute validation and analysis tasks to measure and improve SoC multimedia performance.

• Perform system-level performance validation on pre-silicon (RUMI, emulation, simulation) and post-silicon platforms.
• Develop and run multimedia and system-level workloads, test vectors, and concurrency scenarios.
• Collect, analyze, and debug performance metrics such as bandwidth, latency, throughput, and QoS.
• Investigate bottlenecks across multimedia IPs, SMMU, cache, NoC, memory controller, DDR, power, and software stacks.
• Work with Architecture, Design, DV, Software, Power, and Multimedia teams to drive issue resolution and performance optimizations.
• Contribute to automation, performance sign-off activities, technical reviews, and project deliverables.

Requirements

Core technical skills and hands-on experience required to perform the role.

• 1–2 years of experience in embedded systems, SoC validation, system performance, or a related domain.
• Strong analytical and system-level debugging skills.
• Proficient in C; familiarity with Python and Shell scripting.
• Working knowledge of Linux/Android fundamentals (scheduling, memory management, kernel concepts).
• Basic understanding of SoC architecture, memory hierarchy, interconnects (NoC), and performance analysis.

• Experience with pre-silicon platforms (RUMI, emulation, FPGA, or simulation environments).
• Exposure to multimedia subsystems (Display, Video, Camera, Graphics).
• Familiarity with performance profiling tools, counters, traces, and workload analysis.
• Experience debugging system-level performance issues in mobile or compute SoCs.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field.

About the Company

Company: Qualcomm

Headquarters: San Diego, California, United States

Qualcomm is a global leader in semiconductor and telecommunications equipment, specializing in mobile technologies and innovations. Known for its Adreno GPUs, the company provides solutions enabling advancements in mobile gaming, AI, VR/AR, and autonomous driving. Qualcomm's cutting-edge technology and commitment to high-performance, power-efficient designs drive the evolution of mobile graphics and connectivity worldwide.