Performance Benchmark Engineer/Lead - Server CPU
Core
Lead Qualcomm's server CPU performance benchmarking and optimization efforts for next-generation ARMv9 platforms, owning strategy and driving end-to-end analysis across silicon, firmware, kernel, and workloads.
Role type
Senior Technical Lead / Team Lead
Builds
ARMv9 Server Platforms
Domain
Semiconductor / Server CPU Architecture
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
CPU performance engineering, microarchitecture analysis, memory management, NUMA optimization, ARMv9/SVE/SVE2 expertise, virtualization, firmware development, SPEC suite benchmarking, cloud-native workload analysis, regression detection, CI/CD automation, root cause analysis, PMU counters, kernel tuning, compiler optimization, Python, Bash, C/C++
Preferred skills
Leadership and mentorship, cross-functional collaboration, data-driven decision making, debugging
Technologies
ARMv9, SVE, SVE2, SPEC CPU, SPECjbb, SPECrate, VTune, Streamline, Kubernetes, PMU, perf
Responsibilities
Lead and mentor a team of performance engineers; Define performance KPIs, benchmarking strategy, and roadmap; Drive alignment across architecture, silicon, firmware, kernel, compiler, and workload teams; Lead SPEC CPU, SPECjbb, SPECrate, cloud workload analysis; Characterize CPU, memory, I/O, NUMA, ARMv9 features; Own regression detection and CI/CD automation; Track KPIs across firmware, software, and hardware; Lead investigations using PMU counters, perf, VTune, Streamline; Guide kernel, BIOS/UEFI, compiler, SVE/SVE2 optimizations; Validate workloads for hyperscalers, Kubernetes, enterprise; Support OEM/ODM benchmarking and field issues
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership
