Chipset Power System Engineer

Job Description

Job Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Systems Engineering General Summary: Qualcomm is looking for an experienced Chipset Power System Engineer who is passionate in solving power challenges and develop innovative solutions for optimizing power for next generation Snapdragon chipsets of various platforms in applicator processor, modem, automotive, AR/XR, compute and machine learning. The engineer is expected to work with cross-functional engineering teams to model SOC/chipset power and come up with innovative solutions to optimize hardware and software to enhance SOC and chipset and achieve world-class chipset low power consumption. In this position, the engineer will support the existing tools and methodologies while defining the long term strategy in the areas below. Power Modeling and Methodology Drive the engineering process to gather requirements, design, prioritize and track derived tasks, test, and deliver tools and methodologies to the power community Maintain existing power modeling tools and methodology. Define and deliver API's to the power community as required. Create block-level and system-level power models as required. Integrate and port power models from IP teams into the existing framework. This involves working closely with contributing teams and aligning power modeling requirements and negotiating power model deliverables for framework integration. Drive and participate in cross-functional power modeling collaborations which includes hardware, systems, architecture, software, and post-silicon teams Track technology changes with the enhancement to the power modeling methodology by incorporating new low power techniques, algorithms, power management schemes, etc. Power Analysis Collaborate to assess use case power impact in areas such as thermal and formfactor variance, architecture changes, IP changes, low power techniques Understand and perform block & chip-level power analysis and ensure methodologies satisfies the requirements to enable these activities Enable other teams to leverage the tools and methodologies and perform technology specific power analysis. Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience. OR Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Systems Engineering or related work experience. OR PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.