Senior CPU Performance Verification Engineer
$150,030 - $183,700 USD yearly
Originally posted 15 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves the design, verification, and implementation of multi-core Computer Processing Unit (CPU) operations.
What you'll do
- Oversee CPU design efforts for QCT.
- Collaborate with CPU Performance Architecture and RTL team members.
- Analyze workloads to identify performance bottlenecks.
- Perform self-guided performance simulation studies of design alternatives.
- Work with RTL and design team to assess implementation cost for new features.
- Maintain and improve the simulation environment for productivity.
What you'll need
- Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related degree field.
Skills: CPU design, performance simulation, workload analysis, performance bottlenecks, RTL team
This role has been open 29 days — well below the 65-day median for Design Verification roles.
Design Verification · Design Verification
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Open roles in category
1192
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Median days open
65 d
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Median salary
$186k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Qualcomm | All employers we track in this specialty (1192 roles · 95 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 109 | 1192 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 377 | 3191 · 115 employers |
| Median days open | 36 d | 65 d (−29 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $186k |
Skills observed across this category: CPU design, performance simulation, workload analysis, performance bottlenecks, RTL team
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm (this employer) · 106 open roles · median 42 d
- AMD · 99 open roles · median 55 d
- NVIDIA · 82 open roles · median 57 d
- Synopsys · 63 open roles · median 30 d
- SiFive · 54 open roles · median 72 d
- Cadence Design Systems · 50 open roles · median 114 d
How we counted: 1192 open Design Verification (Design Verification) roles from 95 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 15 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Digital Design & Verification family row. Figures refresh nightly.