Performance Optimization Architect/Manager
QualcommJob Title
Performance Optimization Architect/Manager
Role Summary
Work on GPU performance and architecture for Adreno GPUs, analyzing real-world games and benchmarks to define optimizations, algorithms, and configurations that inform next-generation GPU design. The role focuses on system-level performance analysis across GPUs and SoCs, building workloads, models, and tooling for graphics, machine learning, video, and computer vision use cases while collaborating with architecture and design teams.
Experience Level
Senior - the posting specifies a high level of experience. The role lists a typical expectation of 12+ years in computer graphics or a related field; alternative degree-linked minimums are summarized in Education Requirements.
Responsibilities
Primary duties include:
- Perform system-level performance and bottleneck analysis for high-performance GPUs and SoCs.
- Use hardware models at multiple abstraction levels (performance models, RTL test benches, emulators, silicon) to identify and quantify bottlenecks.
- Define representative workloads, test suites, and datasets focusing on graphics, ML, automotive, video, and computer vision.
- Collaborate with architecture and design teams to evaluate performance/area/power trade-offs.
- Develop infrastructure: performance models, testbench components, and analysis/visualization tools.
- Improve turnaround time for performance analysis and enable early-cycle performance validation.
Requirements
Key technical requirements and preferred skills.
- Must-have: Extensive experience in computer graphics and performance analysis; the posting highlights 12+ years of relevant experience.
- Must-have: Knowledge of graphics APIs such as OpenGL, Vulkan, DirectX, Metal.
- Must-have: Deep understanding of graphics pipeline, memory subsystem architecture, and NoC/interconnect concepts.
- Must-have: Proficiency in C/C++ and scripting (Perl/Python); strong debugging and data/statistical analysis skills; ability to use RTL dumps for debugging.
- Must-have: Experience developing or using performance simulators and cycle-accurate/approximate models for pre-silicon analysis.
- Nice-to-have: Exposure to Verilog/SystemVerilog and SystemC/TLM; prior hands-on work with emulators and silicon performance validation.
Education Requirements
Bachelor's (BE/BTech), Master's (MS/MTech) or PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related technical field; PhD is noted as a plus. The posting allows equivalent practical experience. Minimum-qualification alternatives specified: Bachelor's +6+ years, Master's +5+ years, or PhD +4+ years of relevant Systems Engineering or related experience; the main qualifications also reference a 12+ year expectation for this role.
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.
