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CPU Post Silicon & Power Engineer (CPUSS Architecture and Performance) - Cork, Ireland
CPU Post Silicon & Power Engineer (CPUSS Architecture and Performance) - Cork, Ireland-March 2024
Cork
Mar 31, 2026
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About CPU Post Silicon & Power Engineer (CPUSS Architecture and Performance) - Cork, Ireland

  Company:

  QT Technologies Ireland Limited

  Job Area:

  Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

  General Summary:

  About The Role

  Qualcomm offers flexible work options tailored to our employee’s needs. These include a combination of work from home and working in our brand new, state of the art office in Penrose Dock, Cork.

  Well-being and life balance are fundamental to Qualcomm as an employer. We recognise and understand that employees have missed spending quality time with loved ones and extended family.

  As such, Cork Qualcomm policy allows our employees to blend short-term remote working with annual leave.

  As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives communication and data processing transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm Engineer, you will define, model, design (digital and/or analog), optimize, verify, validate, implement, and document IP (block/SoC) development for a variety of high performance, high quality, low power world class products. Qualcomm Engineers collaborate with cross-functional groups to determine product execution path.

  As a Post SIlicon Power and Performance Engineer with a focus on CPUs, you will work to characterize, debug, and optimize the performance and power consumption of CPUs in a complex SoC system. You will help set up methodologies, develop validation plans, recommend tuning optimizations, and verify that the newly arrived silicon meets the highest performance. You will also participate in architecture and product definition feedback for the next generation of CPU by closing the loop with real silicon analysis.

  Roles and Responsibilities will include:

  Define and execute end-to-end performance and power analysis plans for complex CPU subsystems

  Debug issues found during pre-silicon, bring-up, validation, and production phases of SOC programs

  Define an optimization strategy that delivers world class CPU workload performance

  Lead collaborative test approach with multiple teams, and tracking test execution to make sure all features are performant and optimized on time

  Work closely with supporting teams in design, architecture, emulation, firmware, design verification and software to ensure readiness for first silicon arrival, evaluation of IP performance upon silicon arrival, and evaluation of critical CPU workloads

  Develop deep knowledge of CPU architecture, SoC system architecture, system benchmarking techniques, and power reduction and optimization methods

  Drive technical innovation to enhance capabilities in CPU performance, system performance and power validation including tools and script development, technical and procedural methodology enhancement, and various internal and cross-functional technical initiatives

  What are we looking for?

  Bachelor or Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering

  5 to 10+ years of practical experience in post silicon performance and power analysis of SoCs

  Strong programming/scripting skills (C/C++, Python scripts)

  Strong analytical skills for test plan creation and debug

  Strong communication and collaboration skills

  Must excel in a dynamic team working environment

  Must be a self-starter and be able to independently drive tasks to completion

  Leadership and mentoring skills a definite asset

  Proven understanding of CPU, memory hierarchy, system interconnects.

  Knowledge and experience in ARM v8 and v9 specifications

  Solid grasp of ARM SoC concepts and architecture specifications like SMMU, GIC, Coresight-PMU and Timer architectures

  Extensive experience in the following technical areas:

  Proven understanding of critical industry CPU workloads and system interactions and dependencies

  Platform benchmarking and knowledge of performance workloads

  Performance analysis tools and analysis techniques

  Power analysis methods and comprehensive understanding of power consumption

  Power management methodologies and deep understanding of tuning and optimization

  Modern lab equipment, including DAQs, protocol/logic analyzers, oscilloscopes

  Computer hardware and architecture (experience with datacenter servers a plus)

  .

  Where you will be working

  Cork has a proud reputation as Ireland's second largest economic engine and is now one of the Top 20 location choices in Europe with 39,000 people being employed by over 170 overseas companies.

  There's a growing diversity in the region with people from many nationalities relocating to Cork, relishing the opportunity to work and live in a location that offers an excellent quality of life.

  A gateway to Europe, Cork airport provides access to almost 50 international destinations including transatlantic air routes.

  Equal Opportunities

  We are an Equal Opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any protected classification.

  What's on Offer

  Apart from working in an open, relaxed and collaborative space, you will enjoy:

  Salary, stock and performance related bonus

  Maternity/Paternity Leave

  Employee stock purchase scheme

  Matching pension scheme

  Education Assistance

  Relocation and immigration support (if needed)

  Life, Medical, Income and Travel Insurance

  Subsidised memberships for physical and mental well-being

  Bicycle purchase scheme

  Employee run clubs, including, running, football, chess, badminton + many more

  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.

  *References to a particular number of years experience are for indicative purposes only. Applications from candidates with equivalent experience will be considered, provided that the candidate can demonstrate an ability to fulfill the principal duties of the role and possesses the required competencies.

  Although this role has some expected minor physical activity, this should not deter otherwise qualified applicants from applying. If you are an individual with a physical or mental disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, please call Qualcomm’s toll-free number found here (https://qualcomm.service-now.com/hrpublic?id=hr_public_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0039028) for assistance. Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations, upon request, to support individuals with disabilities as part of our ongoing efforts to create an accessible workplace.

  Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer and supports workforce diversity.

  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.

  To all Staffing and Recruiting Agencies : Our Careers Site is only for individuals seeking a job at Qualcomm. Staffing and recruiting agencies and individuals being represented by an agency are not authorized to use this site or to submit profiles, applications or resumes, and any such submissions will be considered unsolicited. Qualcomm does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications from agencies. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Qualcomm employees or any other company location. Qualcomm is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes/applications.

  If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers (http://www.qualcomm.com/contact/corporate) .

  EEO Employer: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification

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