Qualcomm · 2 months ago
GPU Performance Analysis Engineer
San Diego, California, United States of America
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$195K/yr - $293K/yr
4+ years expQualcomm Technologies, Inc. is one of the largest fabless design companies in the world, providing hardware, software, and related services to mobile device makers and operators. The GPU Performance Analysis Engineer will focus on performance analysis for next-generation GPUs, contributing to competitive performance and power analysis for graphics workloads, and developing tools for debugging and validation tasks.
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Responsibilities
In this role, your work will have critical impact in influencing next generation GPUs to be more efficient and to maintain competitive edge in Qualcomm Graphics solutions
You will be contributing to performance analysis at GPU level for Graphics and Raytracing workloads such as benchmark/games by exploiting different SW/HW/Architectural knobs to find opportunities to improve perf
Be engaged and contribute to competitive perf/power analysis for popular benchmark/games and to identify or be able to explain the gaps with reasonable evidence which could lead to next generation architecture/HW/SW enhancement opportunities
Develop tools for efficient, streamlined and scalable debug/validation tasks
Support presilicon workload enablement efforts for the analyzed workloads and games
Qualification
Required
Understanding of GPU architecture
Rendering knowledge and the ability to write rendering applications with vulkan and other graphics APIs
Strong knowledge of python and C++
Performance analysis experience
Sharp analytical skillset
Fluency in usage of latest AI tools for coding/debugging to solve system level problem
Minimum of Bachelor degree required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field and 6+ years of Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience
Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field and 5+ years of Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience
PhD in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience
Preferred
Masters degree or PhD
3-7 years of relevant experience
Android experience
GFXR capture/playback for vulkan. Render doc capture and interpretation of the data
Experience in competitive performance for GPU centric use cases
Post-si debugging experience
Benefits
Competitive annual discretionary bonus program
Annual RSU grants
Highly competitive benefits package
Company
Qualcomm
Qualcomm designs wireless technologies and semiconductors that power connectivity, communication, and smart devices.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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