Sr CPU Performance Engineer - Display

Company

Qualcomm Canada ULC

Job Area

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Systems Engineering

General Summary

Do you love working on state‑of‑the‑art technologies? Are you a visionary who enjoys solving complex technological and architectural challenges? At Qualcomm, our System Architecture team offers a collaborative, hands‑on environment that fosters engineering excellence, creativity, and innovation. In this highly visible role, you will be part of the System Architecture team driving a high‑performance, low‑power Display Processing Unit (DPU).

The DPU is an integral component of Qualcomm Snapdragon platforms across multiple business units, including mobile, automotive, VR, and wearable. It is responsible for composing the final image displayed on the panel. The Display Co‑Processor (DCP) is a RISC‑V–based processor that offloads display‑related tasks from the main application processor. It serves as a dedicated engine that manages display timing, formatting, and coordination to ensure smooth, efficient, and power‑optimized display operation. New Position

The responsibilities of this role include

• Microarchitectural workload analysis: Analyze real‑world and synthetic workloads to identify IPC, latency, bandwidth, cache hierarchy, and QoS bottlenecks across the CPU pipeline

• Pre‑silicon architectural modeling: Develop and maintain CPU architectural and microarchitectural performance models; evaluate design trade‑offs through what‑if studies (e.g., pipeline depth, execution resources, cache structures, memory latency tolerance)

• RTL and silicon correlation: Correlate architectural models with RTL and post‑silicon measurements to validate assumptions and guide design refinements

• System‑level performance analysis: Assess CPU interactions with NoC, memory subsystem, QoS/MPAM mechanisms, and power‑management features, and quantify their impact on performance and efficiency

• Cross‑disciplinary collaboration: Work closely with CPU architects, RTL design and verification teams, SoC performance teams, and software partners to drive informed architecture decisions

Key Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in modern CPU architecture and microarchitecture, with a focus on performance, power efficiency, and parallelism

• 2+ years of programming experience in C/C++, and scripting languages such as Perl and/or Python

• Strong understanding of CPU microarchitecture concepts such as pipelines, out‑of‑order execution, cache and memory hierarchies, and performance bottleneck analysis

• Experience with CPU performance benchmarking, workload characterization, and model‑to‑RTL/silicon correlation

• Strong analytical, critical‑thinking, and problem‑solving skills applied to complex architectural trade‑offs

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly present architectural insights and recommendations

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.

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits

$90,400.00 - $135,600.00

The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer.

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