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CPU Performance & Power Analysis Engineer – SoC Architecture

CPU Performance & Power Analysis Engineer – SoC Architecture

CompanyQualcomm
LocationToronto, ON, Canada
Salary$Not Provided – $Not Provided
TypeFull-Time
Degrees
Experience LevelMid Level, Senior

Requirements

  • Solid foundation in OS fundamentals related to DVFS mechanisms
  • Strong scripting skills — Bash / Powershell / Python
  • Soldering and physical modification of device power paths for measurement
  • DAQ experience and fundamentals

Responsibilities

  • Tasked with acquiring competitive platforms and physically modifying them to physically measure and collect power data across mobile, compute, and server competitive devices
  • Respond to requests to measure CPU power-performance data for various workloads and benchmarks
  • Build an independent and efficient methodology to enable your work
  • Present the power-performance data in a concise manner

Preferred Qualifications

  • Fundamentals in PCB design and prototyping
  • Experience with DAQ automation and custom tool enablement
  • Experience with hardware performance counter and binary instrumentation tools
  • Experience with characterizing industry standard benchmarks (CPU2017, Geekbench, SpecJBB, AnTuTu)
  • Experience in Linux kernel internals / system programming
  • Fundamentals and experience in understanding thermal behavior of devices
  • Knowledge of the competitive landscape, feature specifications and industry trends in the server and client domain