Modem Firmware Engineer

Qualcomm•San Diego, CA

7d•$109,400 - $164,200

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 Qualcomm Cellular Technologies Software Engineer, you will design, standardize, implement, verify, and validate state-of-the-art cellular technologies across a broad set of technology prototypes, standards, specifications, products, or components within a product. Qualcomm Engineers collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop high quality and capability air interface and modem that meet and exceed industry standards and customer requirements. You would be a part of Qualcomm proprietary vector DSP FW development team. You will contribute to PHY layer modem FW, Qualcomm proprietary DSP low level ASM type optimized SIMD instruction set programming, Modem signal processing for Tx and Rx baseband chain, Modem control SW orchestration, embedded FW design with constrained MIPS and memory. You would also design for test, debug, test-driven development and AI/ML native modem enhancements. The role would require working with the integration teams by developing efficient test methodology for modem DSP FW and have an opportunity to contribute to ORAN and FAPI specifications.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
DSP Intrinsics/ASM
C
Python
Real time operating systems
Embedded systems
SIMD optimization
Signal Processing/Communication theory
multi-threaded programming

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineer, or related field.
1+ year of applicable wireless, semiconductor and/or embedded software industry experience.
1+ year of experience with computer architecture or embedded systems.
DSP development experience
Matlab
Modem/PHY layer FW development
Familiarity with 5G NR/LTE protocols

Responsibilities

Applies Wireless WAN Modem Software knowledge to assist in the design, standardization, implementation, verification, validation, and commercialization of Wireless WAN (or cellular) air interfaces, modem technologies, and related core network.
Assists in the design, optimization, and implementation of software for wireless systems and modems.
Collaborates with team members to develop high quality and high capability air interface and modems with high performance (e.g., capacity, coverage, throughput, latency, power consumption) and acceptable cost.
Designs products that meet customer requirements and standards.
Develops unit test cases to test/verify code for a well-defined component and assists with the integration of software into a platform or product.
Writes technical documentation and feature descriptions for projects to guide users to implement output.