Systems Engineer - Chipset Power, Senior Staff
$179,000 - $268,400 USD yearly
Originally posted 26 June 2026 by the employer — open 87 days.
About the role
This role involves solving power challenges and developing solutions for optimizing power for Snapdragon chipsets.
What you'll do
- Lead cross-functional engineering teams to model SOC/chipset power.
- Develop solutions to optimize hardware and software to enhance SOC and chipset.
- Perform power architecture and tradeoff analysis.
- Conduct chipset and system level power modeling, analysis, and optimization for SOC, chipset, and platform solutions.
- Identify power requirements and quantify power gap/risk areas.
- Guide multi-function groups through the design cycle in realizing power targets.
What you'll need
- Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent field.
- 15 years of professional experience in analysis and design of low power features at SOC, chipset, or platform level.
- Architectural knowledge in application processor, modem processor, AR/VR, machine learning, IOT, automotive, or computing.
- Experience in hardware or software design or optimizations of low power features.
- System level power modeling and analysis.
Skills: power architecture, power modeling, chipset power, system level power, power optimization
This role has been open 86 days — well above the 72-day median for Power Electronics roles.
Power Electronics · Power Management
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Open roles in category
71
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Median days open
72 d
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Median salary
$169k
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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 (71 roles · 25 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 8 | 71 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 73 | 1337 · 105 employers |
| Median days open | 40 d | 72 d (−32 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $169k |
Skills observed across this category: power architecture, power modeling, chipset power, system level power, power optimization
Who's hiring in this category
- Renesas Electronics · 15 open roles · median 76 d
- Qualcomm (this employer) · 8 open roles · median 39 d
- Analog Devices · 6 open roles · median 82 d
- Monolithic Power Systems · 6 open roles · median 185 d
- AMD · 5 open roles · median 90 d
- Infineon Technologies · 5 open roles · median 73 d
How we counted: 71 open Power Electronics (Power Management) roles from 25 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 21 Sept 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 Analog & Mixed-Signal family row. Figures refresh nightly.