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CPU Performance Engineer, Entry Level up to Staff

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Hsinchu City, TaiwanCompilersFirmwareSoC / ASICPosted Oct 23, 2026
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  • Microarchitecture
  • Out-of-order cores
  • Arm
  • C
  • C++
  • LLVM
  • GCC
Company: Qualcomm Semiconductor Limited Job Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering General Summary: The Potential Areas To Work Include • The main responsibility of this position is to do the performance analysis for world-class snapdragon CPU subsystem for mobile and portable computers. Minimum Qualifications • Master's, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science, emphasizing on computer architecture • Good knowledge on in-order/out-of-order CPU microarchitecture and architecture • Good knowledge on ARM bus protocol • Good knowledge on DDR subsystem • Good in C/C++ and scripting programming • Hands-on experience on performance analysis and validation works Preferred Qualifications • Experience in benchmark workload characterization and performance bottleneck analysis • Hands-on experience with performance verification on simulator or emulator • Familiar with ARMv8/v9 architecture • Knowledge of OS, firmware and software stacks • Familiar with GCC/LLVM compilation flow Minimum Qualifications: • Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience. OR Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience. OR PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience. Applicants: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e-mail disability-accomodations@qualcomm.com or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found here. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities. (Keep in mind that this email address is used to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. We will not respond here to requests for updates on applications or resume inquiries). Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law. To all Staffing and Recruiting Agencies: Our Careers Site is only for individuals seeking a job at Qualcomm. Staffing and recruiting agencies and individuals being represented by an agency are not authorized to use this site or to submit profiles, applications or resumes, and any such submissions will be considered unsolicited. Qualcomm does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications from agencies. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Qualcomm employees or any other company location. Qualcomm is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes/applications. If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.

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Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. in the RISC-V ecosystem

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Founded in 1985, QUALCOMM is a global semiconductor company, known for designing, manufacturing, and marketing digital wireless communications equipment and services.

  • Qualcomm is one of five industry players that jointly formed Quintauris to strengthen the RISC-V hardware ecosystem
  • Adopted RISC-V for its next-generation Snapdragon Wear platform and is bringing a RISC-V based wearable platform to Wear OS by Google
  • Long-standing contributor to RISC-V specification/profile discussions

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