CPU Architecture Performance Engineer, Senior to Staff Level
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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 verification for world-class custom CPU for mobile and portable computers.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Proficiency in one or more areas of CPU architecture: fetch, decode, branch prediction, renaming, execute units, SIMD, load/store, MMU, caches, retire, etc.
- Verify performance feature between RTL and model, and have ability to troubleshooting
- Work with design team and performance team to develop test case and validate new feature Preferred qualifications
- MS degree in Computer Architecture with 3-5 years of practical experience
- Good CPU architecture knowledge and micro-architecture knowledge
- Experience working in a RTL simulation environment
- Experience working in a performance modeling environment
- Proficient in Verilog, C and C++ and scripting languages such as Perl or Python
- Ability to problem solve and prove your own ideas
- Knowledge and experience with common performance benchmarks and workloads 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.
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