Firmware Development Engineer, Sr. Staff
About The Position
As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a CPU Power Management FW Developer, you are responsible for working with a team on the enablement of the power management solution for Qualcomm's custom CPUs. You will collaborate internally to help define and implement embedded firmware to manage the power and performance for the CPU subsystem within Qualcomm SoCs across many verticals. You will also participate in various other aspects of the management controller firmware development, including power management, boot, RAS, debug, security and runtime services. In CPU Power Management FW developer role, you will be working closely both with the hardware power management and firmware development teams. You will have an opportunity to engage with third parties on enablement of new platforms, as well as providing input to our SoC and platform architects on future designs.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
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- Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 5+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
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- PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
- 3+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.
Nice To Haves
- BS/BEng in Electrical, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science (or equivalent professional experience) with 5 years' experience in embedded firmware development
- Self-starter who takes initiative and brings technical leadership
- Proficient writing and debugging C and assembly
- Driver development experience in RTOS or OS Kernel environments
- Demonstrated development experience with embedded OSes such as Zephyr, eCos, uC/OS or FreeRTOS
- Experience developing for pre-silicon environments including simulators and FPGA emulation
- Experience defining interprocessor communication interfaces between embedded controllers and the platform
- Familiarity with ARM v8 architecture. Development experience for a ARMV8 platform is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Drive the firmware design, implementation and verification, in pre-silicon and post-silicon environments.
- Assist in the definition Power Management solutions for future generation of Qualcomm CPUs.
- Actively engage with open-source communities to contribute support for processor architectures, device drivers, and firmware features
- Assist in identifying skills requirements and in hiring engineers, collaborating with other teams on platform bring-up/debug/diags, firmware lifecycle, etc.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Industry
Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
