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Automotive Software Performance Engineer, Customer Engineering

Job in Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California, 95053, USA
Listing for: Qualcomm
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-01-10
Job specializations:
  • Software Development
    Software Engineer, Embedded Software Engineer
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Staff Automotive Software Performance Engineer, Customer Engineering

General Summary

As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what is possible to enable next-generation experiences and drive digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. Join our automotive customer engineering team in San Diego as system/sw performance engineer. In this role, you will be instrumental in supporting numerous customer projects for enablement and launching by designing the system's performance goal, enabling and profiling applications, and resolving the performance issues for CPU, GPU, NPU, DDR etc.

You will be a key engineer who will enable various workloads, including benchmarks, applications, defining the goals, optimizing the system performance in Qualcomm automotive chipset product. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet the performance expectations, ensuring the system is running at their best and are able to meet customer project performance requirements.

Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience.
  • OR Master s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience.
  • OR PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience.
  • 2+ years of experience with programming languages such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.
  • 1+ year of experience with debugging techniques.
Preferred Qualifications
  • MS degree in Computer Science or related field; 8+ years of practical experience
  • Strong debugging/Software development experience in systems and software issues preferably on Automotive/Mobile/IoT SoC (System on Chip)
  • Embedded system performance analysis and software optimization knowledge and experience
  • Good understanding of SoC architecture
  • Knowledge on Android/AGL/QNX kernel, especially CPU scheduling. DVFS for the core and bus
  • Knowledge on SoC (System on Chip) IP cores like CPU, GPU, DDR, DSP and assess the performance with benchmarks
  • Understanding Linux kernel and device drivers and understanding of ARM architecture
  • Embedded System architecture(s) with exposure to one or more OS (e.g., Android, Linux, QNX, etc.)
  • Strong software development skills, C and C++ programming, problem analysis, and debugging skills
  • W orks independently with minimal supervision
  • Good problem solving & analysis skills; communication skills and willingness to learn
  • Experience in system performance, software performance, BSP, or stability
  • Customer-facing experience in supporting project issue resolution, delivering training sessions, conducting presentations, and understanding the customer project life cycle
Principal Duties
  • Use various tools to profile the application (or workload) and examine the logs/traces to identify and address any performance issues
  • Work with customers to root-cause performance issues and lead deep-dive debugs of customer use-cases
  • Profile and analyze the boot KPI and benchmarks of CPU, GPU, DDR, etc.
  • Design system for proof of concept (demo) and implementation to prove feature and performance in QC automotive platform
  • Debug and isolate system, platform issues using software and hardware tools
  • Analyze use case execution data and performance metrics to optimize system behavior
  • Writing or enhancing debugging tools for easy debugging, profiling performance issues
  • Create performance documentation, presentation, train customers, and provide onsite support for customer project debugging
  • Develop a sample application to demonstrate optimal performance in CPU, DDR, and end-to-end (E2E) pipelines
Level of Responsibility
  • Works independently with minimal supervision
  • Provide supervision/guidance to other team members
  • Collaborating directly with customers to ensure their satisfaction
  • Demonstrates strong verbal and written communication skills to convey complex information; may require influence with customers
  • Tasks focus on problem solving with evolving scope; multi-tasking and prioritization required
  • Decision-making is significant in nature
  • Be available for limited travel

Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. For accommodations, please email disabilit or call Qualcomm s toll-free number. Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to participate in the hiring process.

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