Engineer, Staff

Qualcomm • Santa Clara, CA

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About The Position

Join our PCIe software team as a Staff Embedded Software Customer Engineer and play a pivotal role in advancing high-performance interconnect technologies.
In this role, you will:
Collaborate on server-class PCIe/CXL controllers and multi-controller subsystems.
Review customer requirements and implement customer-specific features in both software and hardware.
Lead customer board bring-up and validation.
Debug firmware and drivers at subsystem, chiplet, and multi-chiplet levels, with a primary focus on PCIe and CXL subsystems.
Work closely with software development, hardware design and validation, and testing teams, as well as adjacent technology teams in the BSP area.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience.
• OR Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience.
• OR PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience.
• 2+ years of experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.
• 1+ year of experience with debugging techniques.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, embedded systems, or firmware/driver development, with strong exposure to PCIe and/or CXL subsystems.
• 3+ years of academic or professional programming experience with C, C++, Python, Java, or similar languages
• Deep, hands-on expertise in CXL and PCIe technologies.
• Strong proficiency in C programming.
• Experience with real-time operating systems and embedded platforms.
• Familiarity with ACPI, UEFI, Linux, and Zephyr.
• Proven ability to write standards-compliant software.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across diverse engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and resolve issues in firmware and drivers for PCIe and CXL subsystems.
• Ensure firmware and low-level software compliance with industry standards and effective integration with adjacent software modules.
• Debug complex customer problems, providing engineering guidance, debug logging, and code-level solutions.
• Communicate effectively with software development and hardware design/validation teams to drive issue resolution.
• Engage deeply with customers to support board modifications and software feature integration, ensuring successful commercialization from bring-up to launch.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level