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In Jan 21, we acquired NUVIA

NUVIA comprises a proven world-class CPU and technology design team, with industry-leading expertise in high performance processors, Systems on a Chip (SoC) and power management for compute-intensive devices and applications.

Make no mistake, this is a once in a generation opportunity to join a class leading CPU team in Cambridge developing silicon, no just IP .. actual product in multiple sectors! NUVIA CPUs are expected to be integrated across our broad portfolio of product -, powering flagship smartphones, next-generation laptops, and digital cockpits, as well as Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, extended reality and infrastructure networking solutions.

Where you will be working

Cambridge, located in the East of England, 50 miles north of London, is a unique and beautiful city, renowned for its world-class university and the thriving cluster of high technology businesses that have grown up around it. Cambridge is well served by road and rail links, and is within easy distance of the major London airports

About Us

At our Cambridge site we are focused on pioneering IoT and automotive technologies, with engineering areas of excellence including, Analogue and Digital Design, Voice and Music (Hardware, Software, OEM Support, Innovation).

Cambridge is our largest office in the UK, with more than 600 team members including engineers, business strategists and support staff.

Equal Opportunities & Equal Pay

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.

Giving Back

Employees in Cambridge have a strong sense of community. We are encouraged through the philanthropic endeavours of the Qualcomm Foundation to support causes that matter to us.

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
• Life, Medical, Income and Travel Insurance
• Subsidised gym membership
• Bicycle purchase scheme
• Employee run clubs, including, running, football, chess, badminton + many more

At Qualcomm we recognise all our personal circumstances differ. Therefore we have recently introduced a 'working from home' scheme that, alongside our flexi-time policy, provides our staff a custom working environment that is conducive for personal development and growth.

Our CPU Performance Architecture group designs high performance, low power CPUs. As a CPU Performance Architect Engineer, you will contribute ideas for advanced CPU performance features, explore them in detail, model them, and work with the design team in productizing them. We are looking for an experienced engineer for CPU performance modeling and exploration.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Collaborate with CPU Performance Architecture and RTL team members to identify opportunities for product improvement

• Analyze workloads to identify performance bottlenecks and opportunities

• Perform self-guided performance simulation studies of design alternatives

• Write and maintain features and sections of the CPU architectural performance model

• Work with RTL and design team to assess implementation cost for new features

• Verify the performance model correlates with the RTL, which may involve writing verification plans, writing directed tests, and writing checkers

• Collaborate with performance team to maintain and improve the simulation environment for increased productivity

Preferred qualifications

• MS degree in Computer Architecture with 10+ years of practical experience

• Strong CPU architecture knowledge and micro-architecture knowledge

• Experience working in a performance modeling environment

• Proficient in C and C++ and scripting languages such as Perl or Python

• Ability to problem solve and prove your own ideas

• Knowledge and experience with common performance benchmarks and workloads

• Knowledge of OS internals and compiler technology a plus

• Proficiency in one or more areas of CPU architecture: fetch, decode, branch prediction, renaming, execute units, SIMD, load/store, MMU, caches, retire, etc.

For an interview with Christiano Amon, Qualcomm CEO regarding NUVIA - click here - https://bit.ly/NUVIA

*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.

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