CareerPlan

SoC Systems Performance Engineer, Senior Staff

San Diego, California, United States of AmericaFull-time$187k–$280k2026-09-17 → 2026-11-10

Core

Lead performance and systems studies for next-generation SoC products across mobile, automotive, and compute categories, defining architecture plans balancing performance, power, and thermal.

Role type

Senior Staff SoC Systems Performance Engineer

Builds

Market-leading SoC products with best-in-class performance for mobile, automotive, and compute markets

Domain

Semiconductor / Computer Architecture

Required skills

Computer architecture (CPU, GPU, DSP, cache coherency, virtual memory), SystemC/event-driven simulators, performance profiling tools, C/C++ programming, VLSI design, scripting/automation, multimedia/communication technologies (WLAN, LTE, 5G)

Preferred skills

MS/PhD degree, 7+ years systems engineering experience, OS principles/HW-SW interaction, memory controllers/MMUs, full-system modeling, ARM/Linux familiarity

Technologies

SystemC, event-driven simulators, C/C++, ARM, Linux, WLAN, LTE, 5G, video/audio codecs

Responsibilities

Engineer market-leading SoC products with best-in-class performance, Lead and conduct performance and systems studies, Conduct analysis to define SoC architecture plans considering performance, power, and thermal, Collaborate with HW and SW teams to define multimedia, modem, compute, and memory technologies, Define complex use cases including new workloads (Gaming, AI) and infer systems requirements, Deploy simulators, profilers, or hardware to understand performance bottlenecks and provide quantitative justification for architectural changes

Seniority

Senior Staff, hands-on IC with strategic influence