Lead engineer Pre-Silicon System Performance

Company:

Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Systems Engineering

General Summary:

The Senior Staff Engineer in the Server SoC Performance Team is a technical leader responsible for owning end-to-end system performance strategy, methodology, and sign-off for complex server-class SoCs. This role drives architecture-level performance insights and influences product and architecture decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Own system-level performance sign-off across multiple subsystems and use cases.
• Define and drive performance methodology and benchmarks for pre-silicon and early silicon platforms.
• Lead deep-dive investigations involving CPU, memory, NoC, IO, and power-performance trade-offs.
• Translate architecture features into quantitative performance projections and risks.
• Influence architecture and design trade-offs.
• Mentor engineers and act as a technical authority.

Minimum Qualifications

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• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.

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• 10+ years of industry experience in SoC/System performance, architecture, or validation.

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• Strong expertise in SoC micro-architecture, memory systems, and interconnects.

Preferred Qualifications

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Master’s degree or PhD (or equivalent experience).

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Extensive experience with RUMI/emulation-based performance sign-off.

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Preferred experience in Server-class / Data Center SoC architecture, including cache-coherent interconnects (e.g., CHI/ACE-class fabrics), scalable memory hierarchies, and high-bandwidth IO subsystems (PCIe/CXL-class), with ability to translate architecture features into performance sign-off metrics and system-level debug.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.

OR Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 5+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience. OR PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.

Level of Responsibility

• Works independently with significant impact on product performance and program success.

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