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Company:Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.Job Area:Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software EngineeringGeneral Summary: The Snapdragon chipsets have pushed the power envelope of Compute products with more and more complex use cases and workloads. This has introduced significant challenges in extending the battery life of the product on one spectrum and achieving superior performance within the device thermal and power envelope on the other spectrum. Coming up with diverse and innovative approaches in software is very critical in solving these broad and deep cutting-edge technical problems. Interested in playing a key role in optimizing thermal performance of next generation compute products running Windows on Snapdragon? Join Qualcomm's Thermal Software team to work on bleeding edge Windows on Snapdragon products. Join QUALCOMM's team in San Diego, CA, and work closely with System engineers, Software and Hardware developers in a world-class team. Enjoy life in sunny San Diego on the Pacific coast of California.In this role, the candidate is expected to own and drive the analysis of complex system level use cases spanning across various Application processor and Modem technologies and coming up with solutions to improve performance of the compute products under the power and thermal constraints. The scope of work spans across a variety of workloads touching every aspect of the silicon including CPU/GPU/AI benchmarks, Productivity use cases, Streaming scenarios, Gaming use cases, Media streaming and High-throughput Modem use cases. An ideal candidate would have prior experience working on Windows products and/or experience with power/thermal/performance analysis at the product level. In addition, the candidate is also expected to contribute to: Development of algorithms and techniques to optimize power consumption and thermal performance of various compute use cases. Perform system level software optimizations using hardware and software power/thermal management techniques. Use advanced machine learning techniques in solving system level power and thermal problems.Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.ORMaster's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.ORPhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience. 2+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C, Java, Python, etc.Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in ARM assembly language, C, C, Python
Strong familiarity with ARM architecture
Good understanding of System On Chip architectural concepts
Experience in Power/Thermal/Performance optimizations to improve product level KPIs.
Prior experience with Windows Operating Systems, Windows device drivers, etc., is a plus.
Real-time operating systems, multi-threaded processor architectures
Communication skills, effective team player, able to work independently.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skill
Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
More than 8 years of experience with programming (e.g., C, C, Python), computer architecture, or embedded systems.
More than 8 years of applicable wireless, semiconductor and/or embedded software industry experience
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