Systems Engineer - Chipset Power, Senior Staff
Qualcomm Inc/De
San Diego, CA · Posted September 29, 2026
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About the job
Company: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Job Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group > PPT Systems Engineering
General Summary:
Qualcomm is looking for an experienced Chipset Power System Engineer who is passionate in solving power challenges and develop innovative solutions for optimizing power for Snapdragon chipsets. The engineer is expected to lead a cross-functional engineering team to model SOC/chipset power and come up with innovative solutions to optimize hardware and software to enhance SOC and chipset and achieve world-class chipset low power consumption. In this position, the engineer will be involved in all stages of the design and development cycles guiding the power-efficient design of the end-end solution. Responsibilities include: -- Power architecture and tradeoff analysis -- Chipset and system level power modeling, analysis and optimization for SOC, chipset and platform solutions. -- Identify power requirements and quantify power gap/risk areas. -- Optimize power…
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