Sr. Embedded Software Engineer

Qualcomm•San Diego, CA

2d•$117,800 - $176,600

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 Software Engineer, you will design, develop, create, modify, and validate embedded and cloud edge software, applications, and/or specialized utility programs that launch cutting-edge, world class products that meet and exceed customer needs. Qualcomm Software Engineers collaborate with systems, hardware, architecture, test engineers, and other teams to design system-level software solutions and obtain information on performance requirements and interfaces.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
OR Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Software Engineering or related work experience.
OR PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
2+ years of academic or work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.
Proficient with development in C including debug and testing, preferably using GNU/LLVM tools, on embedded platforms using stop-mode debug tools such as JTAG/SWD
Skilled with BSP development including device driver development, board bring-up, RTOS, secure boot design & TrustZone architecture
Experience with development and build tools for applications running within Embedded Linux environment
Proficient with unit testing for C development
Adept with RTOS fundamentals, SoC architecture (core, cache, memory, bus architecture, IOs, etc.), common hardware blocks and multi-threaded programming
Experience with Source Code and Configuration management tools such as git/Gerrit
Ability to work in a structured software development environment while contributing to novel designs
Have willingness and flexibility to work as part of a high-caliber international/multi-site team
Demonstrate excellent English communication skills (written and verbal) and positive interpersonal skills

Nice To Haves

Familiar with PCIe, LPDDR, SMMU, SR-IOV
Familiar with low-speed interfaces such as I2C, SPI, SPMI, AVSBus & PMBus
Familiar with implementing Reliability, Availability and Serviceability (RAS) through use of technologies such as ECC & PCI AER fields
Familiar working with software running on RTOS (ARM/Risc-V CPUs and Hexagon DSPs)
Familiar with on-chip Middleware for communication, logging and power control, including Qualcomm’s Core SW Infra (e.g., Glink, QDSS, SOC power control algorithms such as DVFS, DCVS)
Experience OpenBMC and server management standards: IPMI, Redfish, PLDM, MCTP
Experience working with microprocessor building blocks like microprocessor execution levels, interrupt controller & timers
Software development and debug tools including compilers, profilers, source control systems, emulators, JTAG and serial debuggers, and logic analyzers
Understanding of accelerator architectures, including compute engines, memory hierarchies, DMA engines, and host-device communication mechanisms
Experience debugging performance bottlenecks across compute, memory, and I/O subsystems
Design and implement firmware enabling scalable, topology-aware communication across AI accelerator deployments spanning SoC, card, server, rack

Responsibilities

Design, develop, create, modify, and validate embedded and cloud edge software, applications, and/or specialized utility programs.
Collaborate with systems, hardware, architecture, test engineers, and other teams to design system-level software solutions.
Obtain information on performance requirements and interfaces.