Qualcomm Post Si HW Validation Power-Thermal Engineer 

India, Karnataka, Bengaluru 

984638074

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm Software Engineer, you will design, develop, create, modify, and validate embedded and cloud edge software, applications, and/or specialized utility programs that launch cutting-edge, world class products that meet and exceed customer needs. Qualcomm Software Engineers collaborate with systems, hardware, architecture, test engineers, and other teams to design system-level software solutions and obtain information on performance requirements and interfaces.

Minimum Qualifications:

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

Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.

PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Software Engineering or related work experience.

• 2+ years of academic or work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

Post Si HW Validation and Power-Thermal Engineer for Automotive Systems

Bangalore – India

Job Overview

You will be part of Automotive System Performance team that is responsible for analyzing and optimizing Power/Thermal performance on Snapdragon Automotive chipsets.

Responsibilities include:

• Supporting hardware validation, Voltage optimization and Thermal characterization on silicon for various System and IP cores (CPU, GPU, NSP, MM, Memory etc.)

• Perform detailed analysis of operating Voltages for SoC Rails and optimize them using QCom IP core.

• Perform Rail-wise Voltage analysis across Auto temp range and Split parts

• Analyze Current, Voltage and overall, Power using Power Measurement tools for SoC IP cores using different workloads.

• Detailed analysis of Platform Thermal using on-die and on-board thermal sensors and corelate them against the design estimates.

• Analyze and optimize Platform Thermal using various Thermal mitigation knobs in SW and Thermal solution in HW.

• Debug System level Power and Thermal issues which require a good understanding of SoC Architecture, Active/Idle system Power concepts, System Thermal with different HW/SW solutions etc.

• Develop Automation framework for Voltage and Thermal tests using Python

Minimum Qualifications

6+ years of industry experience in the following:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computers or Electronics Engineering.

• Experience working on any ARM/x86 based platforms, mobile/automotive operating systems and/or Power/Thermal measurement tools.

• Good understanding of Computer Architecture and SoC Cores (CPU, GPU, NSP, Memory, etc.)

• Experience in Python scripting to work on Automation of tests.

• Must be quick learner and should be able to adapt to new technologies.

Preferred Qualifications

Additional skills in the following areas are preferred:

• Ability to create professional quality reports and slides using MSOffice or any advanced visualization tools.

• Candidates with Power and Performance experience is preferred.

• Experience in PoC development and competitive analysis.

Education Requirements

Required: Bachelor's, Computer Engineering and/or Computer Science and/or Electrical Engineering

Preferred: Master's, Computer Engineering and/or Computer Science and/or Electrical Engineering

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.