Job description 

General Summary:

Qualcomm is a company of inventors that unlocked 5G ushering in an age of rapid acceleration in connectivity and new possibilities that will transform industries, create jobs, and enrich lives. But this is just the beginning. It takes inventive minds with diverse skills, backgrounds, and cultures to transform 5Gs potential into world-changing technologies and products. This is the Invention Age - and this is where you come in.

Qualcomm has been at the forefront of driving the revolution in the mobile gaming space by providing state of the art powerful GPUs as part of the Snapdragon program. Snapdragon Elite Gaming delivers the full suite of desktop-level features, including volumetric rendering for hyper-realistic visuals. Qualcomm® Adreno™ GPU is the powerhouse engine behind high-performance graphics and rich user experiences with low power consumption. Our Adreno™ GPU is designed to quickly render complex geometries for next-level visuals in games and apps—with super-fast responsiveness and superior mobile connectivity for truly immersive experiences. As part of GPU power, performance and architecture team, the candidate will be working on the latest and greatest in GPU architecture and Computer Graphics. The role revolves around working on analyzing the most popular games and benchmarks which use highly advanced rendering techniques, evaluating their performance and power on Qualcomm GPUs, define new optimizations/algorithms/configurations for the Adreno GPUs and modeling them to define next generation of Adreno™ GPU

Key Deliverables

• Contribute to conversations to generate new ideas for next generation GPU architecture improvements.
• Develop and maintain GPU power/performance  model, defining and performing experiments to study architectural features
• Conduct in-depth analysis of graphics benchmark performance and/or power consumption to identify issues or areas for improvement.
• Modeling and Minimizing GPU's register,  logic and memory power
• Experience with low power design techniques and knowledge of Verilog/VLSI design is a plus
• Work across teams to align on important areas of feature development and ensure targets are met

Responsibilities

• Working independently with little supervision.
• Provide some supervision/guidance to others.
• Having a moderate amount of influence over key organizational decisions (e.g., is consulted by senior leadership to provide input on key decisions).
• Use deductive and inductive problem solving; multiple approaches may be taken/necessary to solve the problem
• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills to convey information to various stakeholders some of whom may have limited knowledge of the subject in question

Requirements

• Proficient in one of the languages: C++, System C, Python
• Expertise in Computer Architecture
• Knowledge of Graphics/Compute APIs like OpenGL and/or DirectX, OpenCL and/or CUDA, Vulkan

Keywords : 3D graphics; GPU; Power Minimization, "Design Power" Computer Architecture, power modelling; performance modeling; computer architecture; benchmark analysis;

• Additional Job Description

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

•    Leverages Systems knowledge and experience to research, design, develop, simulate, and/or validate systems-level software, hardware, architecture, algorithms, and solutions while ensuring system-level requirements and standards are met.

•    Performs functional analysis to drive requirements and specifications and to define and align with standards for hardware and software.

•    Develops and analyzes complex system level design including requirements, interface definition, functional/performance definition, and implementation of a new system or modification of an existing system.

•    Collaborates with own team and other teams to complete project work, including implementing and testing features and verifying the accuracy of systems.

•    Develops new and innovative ideas (e.g. IDFs) for a product or feature area.

•    Drives triage of complex problems at the system level to determine root cause and presents results of testing and debugging to internal stakeholders.

Level of Responsibility:

•    Works independently with minimal supervision.

•    Decision-making may affect work beyond immediate work group.

•    Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey information. May require basic negotiation, influence, tact, etc. 

•    Has a moderate amount of influence over key organizational decisions (e.g., is consulted by senior leadership to make key decisions).

•    Tasks require multiple steps which can be performed in various orders; some planning, problem-solving, and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively.

Minimum Qualifications:

•    Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience. 
OR
Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience. 
OR
PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Systems Engineering or related work experience.

• Minimum Qualifications

•    Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Systems Engineering or related work experience.

• Job Description

Preferred Qualifications:

•    Master's Degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science or related field. 

•    6+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience. 

•    2+ years of 4G/5G/6G systems and associated cellular standards (e.g.,  3GPP NR, LTE, LTE, 3G).

•    2+ years of experience working in a large matrixed organization. 

•    1+ year of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership (e.g., Sr. Staff level and above).