Performance Benchmark Engineer/Lead - Server CPU

Qualcomm · Bengaluru · 3–12 yrs experience · Posted 2026-05-10

Tech stack: C, C++, Java, Kubernetes, Python

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Qualcomm India Private Limited
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering
Responsibilities: - Performance Benchmark Lead
- Server CPU (3 to 12+ Years Experience)
- Role Type: Senior Technical Lead / Team Lead
- Domain: ARMv9 Server Platforms, CPU Performance
- Lead Qualcomm’s server CPU performance benchmarking and optimization efforts for next-generation ARMv9 platforms.
- Own performance strategy, guide a team of performance engineers, and drive end-to-end analysis across silicon, firmware, kernel, and workloads.
- Leadership & Strategy
- 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.
- Benchmarking & Characterization
- Lead SPEC CPU, SPECjbb, SPECrate, cloud workload analysis.
- Characterize CPU, memory, I/O, NUMA, ARMv9 features.
- Regression & Monitoring
- Own regression detection and CI/CD automation.
- Track KPIs across firmware, software, and hardware.
- Root Cause & Optimization
- Lead investigations using PMU counters, perf, VTune, Streamline.
- Guide kernel, BIOS/UEFI, compiler, SVE/SVE2 optimizations.
- Customer & Partner Engagement
- Validate workloads for hyperscalers, Kubernetes, enterprise.
- Support OEM/ODM benchmarking and field issues.
Qualifications: - 12+ years in CPU performance engineering/system software.
- Strong Python, Bash, C/C++.
- Deep microarchitecture, memory, NUMA, PCIe/CXL understanding.
- ARMv9/SVE/SVE2, virtualization, firmware experience.
- Hands-on with SPEC suites, cloud-native benchmarks.
- Leadership experience.
- Ideal Attributes Analytical, data-driven, strong debugging.
- Effective cross-functional collaboration.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
- Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
- PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Software Engineering or related work experience.
- 2+ years of academic or work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

Qualifications

- 12+ years in CPU performance engineering/system software.
- Strong Python, Bash, C/C++.
- Deep microarchitecture, memory, NUMA, PCIe/CXL understanding.
- ARMv9/SVE/SVE2, virtualization, firmware experience.
- Hands-on with SPEC suites, cloud-native benchmarks.
- Leadership experience.
- Ideal Attributes Analytical, data-driven, strong debugging.
- Effective cross-functional collaboration.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
- Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
- PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Software Engineering or related work experience.
- 2+ years of academic or work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

Responsibilities

- Performance Benchmark Lead
- Server CPU (3 to 12+ Years Experience)
- Role Type: Senior Technical Lead / Team Lead
- Domain: ARMv9 Server Platforms, CPU Performance
- Lead Qualcomm’s server CPU performance benchmarking and optimization efforts for next-generation ARMv9 platforms.
- Own performance strategy, guide a team of performance engineers, and drive end-to-end analysis across silicon, firmware, kernel, and workloads.
- Leadership & Strategy
- 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.
- Benchmarking & Characterization
- Lead SPEC CPU, SPECjbb, SPECrate, cloud workload analysis.
- Characterize CPU, memory, I/O, NUMA, ARMv9 features.
- Regression & Monitoring
- Own regression detection and CI/CD automation.
- Track KPIs across firmware, software, and hardware.
- Root Cause & Optimization
- Lead investigations using PMU counters, perf, VTune, Streamline.
- Guide kernel, BIOS/UEFI, compiler, SVE/SVE2 optimizations.
- Customer & Partner Engagement
- Validate workloads for hyperscalers, Kubernetes, enterprise.
- Support OEM/ODM benchmarking and field issues.

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