Qualcomm GPU Compiler Performance Engineer 

United States, California, San Diego 

882962109

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > GPU ASICS Engineering

Responsibilities

• Profile and characterize trending GPU benchmarks and applications (games, HPC, AR/VR and AI)

• Use/develop tools to identify performance bottlenecks and study optimization heuristics

• Propose/prototype improvements in compilers and GPU architecture to tackle identified bottlenecks

• Provide programming guide to help developers get better performance on Qualcomm GPUs

• Summarize profiling result and give presentations to customer and internal teams

Qualifications

• A BS / MS / PhD degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering or game development

• Compiler knowledge, development, and optimization experience

• Understanding of computer architecture (GPU, memory, data layout, etc.) and performance tradeoffs

• Experience with C / C++, scripting languages (e.g. Python)

• Good communication skills and teamwork spirit, reliable and self-motivated

Plus

• Graphics shader programming (OpenGL, Vulkan, DirectX, or others) or OpenCL/CUDA kernel development

• Experience with performance profiling and tuning for games, HPC, AR/VR, or AI applications

• Experience with machine learning / deep learning tools (scikit learn, tensorflow, or others)

• Experience with usage/development of CPU/GPU performance modeling and profiling tools

This position can be based in Santa Clara or San Diego, CA, or Boston

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field and 4+ 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 3+ years of Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.

PhD in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.

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.

Pay range:

$151,000.00 - $227,000.00