Qualcomm · Automotive Systems

Arjit
Chauhan.

Senior Automotive Systems Engineer

Working at the intersection of automotive SoCs, on-device AI, and silicon performance engineering to enable next-generation platforms.

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I'm an Automotive Systems Engineer at Qualcomm, working across automotive SoCs, on-device AI, and system performance engineering. My focus is delivering reliable real-world performance for next-generation automotive platforms.

My work spans ARM and Nuvia CPU architectures, system benchmarking, real-world concurrent use-case enablement, and LLCC/system-cache analysis. I enjoy solving complex system problems, building tools that cut engineering cycles, and enabling advanced workloads: multi-camera pipelines, GenAI, and LLM on constrained embedded platforms.

Outside engineering, I'm drawn to deep intellectual exploration: philosophy, political ideas, and historical systems. I value creativity, self-reflection, and long-term personal growth.

ARM / Nuvia (Oryon) SoC Performance On-Device AI LLCC / Cache Analysis Python · C++ · Bash MLPerf · QNN SDK Concurrent Workloads GenAI Enablement
Role Senior Systems Engineer
Company Qualcomm Inc.
Location Bangalore, India
Education M.Tech CS & Eng — NIT Jalandhar (2021–2023)
B.Tech CSE — RTU (2017–2021)

Areas of Focus

Building and optimising systems where hardware meets software at the edge of real-world performance.

Automotive SoC Performance

CPU, GPU, DDR level performance analysis on ARM and Nuvia (Oryon) architectures for next-gen automotive silicon.

On-Device AI Enablement

Profiling and optimising MLPerf and GenAI workloads (LLMs, multi-camera) on constrained embedded platforms using QNN SDK.

Systems Benchmarking

Designing low-level benchmarking pipelines, VMIN characterisation, and performance dashboards for silicon validation.

Concurrent Workload Enablement

Real-world concurrent use-case analysis and LLCC/system-cache tuning for complex automotive platform workloads.

Experience & Education

Qualcomm Inc.
2023 — Present
Senior Systems Engineer
  • Worked on CPU, GPU and DDR level system performance analysis on ARM and Nuvia (Oryon) architectures for automotive SoC platforms.
  • Worked on Python automation framework to compute SoC VMIN, reducing a 7-month manual process to approximately 1 month through automated test orchestration and data analysis pipelines.
  • Profiled and optimised MLPerf inference benchmarks on ADAS platforms using the Qualcomm Neural Network (QNN) SDK — identifying micro-architecture bottlenecks to improve throughput and latency.
  • Designed low-level benchmarking pipelines and performance dashboards for silicon characterisation across chipset generations.
  • Conducting LLCC/system-cache analysis and enabling real-world concurrent use cases including multi-camera pipelines and GenAI workloads on constrained automotive embedded platforms.
Qualcomm Inc.
2022 -2023
Engineering Intern
  • Developed a React + Flask dashboard for visualising benchmarking data and enabling component comparisons.
  • Automated benchmarking workflows using Python and Shell, improving efficiency across validation teams.
  • Built a BERT-based TAPAS chatbot to support aggregation and multi-turn conversational queries for internal data access.
  • Designed an in-house Priority Request Management System to streamline tracking and resolution of engineering requests.
NIT Jalandhar
2021 — 2023
M.Tech — Computer Science & Engineering
  • Research specialisation in probabilistic data structures.
  • Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar.
  • Focused on systems-level computing, algorithms, machine learning.
RTU Kota
2017 — 2021
B.Tech (Hons.) — Computer Science & Engineering
  • Rajasthan Technical University. CGPA: 8.0 / 10.0

Selected Works

A selection of projects spanning systems automation, performance engineering, and applied ML.

SoC VMIN
Automation Framework

Designed and built a Python-based automation system to compute silicon Voltage Minimum (VMIN) for Qualcomm SoC characterisation. Reduced a previously 7-month manual process to approximately 1 month through automated test orchestration and data analysis pipelines. Integrated directly into the SoC bring-up workflow enabling faster iteration on CPU performance validation.

Python Bash ARM SoC Data Pipelines
MLPerf Benchmark
Optimisation (ADAS)

Profiled and optimised MLPerf inference workloads running on Qualcomm ADAS SoC platforms using the Qualcomm Neural Network (QNN) SDK. Identified micro-architecture bottlenecks and proposed optimisation strategies to improve throughput and latency for automotive AI workloads.

QNN SDK Python C++ Profiling
Vaccination Check — Bloom Filter

Implemented a space-efficient probabilistic data structure (Bloom Filter) to check user existence without false negatives in a vaccination registry system. Used MurmurHash3 (mmh3) as the primary hashing function for high performance and low collision rates.

Python mmh3 Data Structures
BSE S&P Utilities — Time Series Forecast

Performed time-series analysis on BSE S&P Utilities data including differencing, stationarity testing (ADF), and ACF/PACF analysis. Built an ARIMA forecasting model to predict utility sector trends.

Pandas Numpy statsmodels ARIMA
[LATENCY: 0.04ms]
[SYNC: ACTIVE]
[ARCH: ARM_Oryon]
[EXP_ID: 0x9F28]

Augmented Workflows

Technical experiments leveraging agentic AI to push the boundaries of research and visualisation.

EXPERIMENT_VIEWER v1.0.4
STABLE
Thought

An experimental exploration into cognitive patterns and historical systems. Visualized via a bespoke 3D/2D interface designed to reveal latent connections within high-dimensional datasets.

Launch Environment →
PROCESSOR Neural_Engine
VISUAL_ENGINE ThreeJS_GL
DATA_SOURCE Historical_CSV
STATUS OPTIMIZED

Let's Talk

Open to conversations about systems engineering, automotive AI, or anything interesting.

arjitc12@icloud.com