Thermal Limits Engineer, Senior Staff
Core
Lead research, design, simulation, and validation of thermal and limits management strategies for Qualcomm Snapdragon chipsets, optimizing power, performance, and thermal behavior for server, mobile, and compute business units.
Role type
Senior Staff Thermal Limits Engineer (Systems Engineering)
Builds
Next-generation thermal and limits management strategies for Qualcomm products
Domain
Semiconductor / SoC Architecture / Server & Mobile Computing
Required skills
Thermal and limits management, Power and performance analysis, SoC architecture, System-level validation, Cross-functional collaboration, Technical leadership, Root-cause analysis, Automation and generative AI tools, Python, C/C++
Preferred skills
Master's in Computer Engineering, 10+ years post-silicon experience, Server thermal/electrical requirements, ARM SoC concepts (SMMU, GIC, Coresight-PMU), ARM v8/v9 specifications, Memory hierarchy and system interconnects, SW Power management stacks, Programming and scripting
Technologies
Python, C/C++, ARM v8, ARM v9, SMMU, GIC, Coresight-PMU, SoC platforms
Responsibilities
Identify sustained and transient thermal and electrical requirements and lead investigations around limits management hardware architectures and protection mechanisms, Define and develop next generation thermal and limits management strategies for Qualcomm products, Define and conduct thermal and limit systems testing and validation on silicon and system-level platforms, Work closely with power and performance teams to optimize thermal and power trade-offs, Define and document thermal, performance and power analysis plans and updates for system use-cases across multiple workloads, Direct triage of complex performance issues to determine root-cause and present results to stakeholders, Provide technical management, mentor and guide engineers to successfully execute multiple programs, Plan tasks, prioritize activities and track progress, Define and develop automation and leverage generative AI tools for the team to operate more efficiently, Prepare clear and concise reports and recommendations for product teams up to senior executives
Seniority
Senior Staff, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities
