Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary:

The Qualcomm Cloud team is looking for an experienced software developer to work within an existing team to add firmware support for machine learning Edge and Datacenter use cases. The development target is Qualcomm’s next generation high-performance inference accelerator.

Candidate should have a background in embedded software development such as: board support packages, device driver development, RTOS, secure boot, trust-zone, low-speed peripheral interfaces (I2C/SPI/UART), chipset power blocks, clock tree management, PCIe and efficient data movement using DMA.

Critical Skills and Aptitudes

• Experience in unit testing for C/C++ development

• Experience with development in C/C++ including debug and testing, preferable using GNU/LLVM tools) on embedded platforms using stop-mode debug tools such as JTAG/SWD

• Experience working with BSP development including device driver development, board-bring-up, RTOS’s, secure boot & trust zone

• Experience with development of peripheral drivers.

• Knowledge of RTOS, SoC architecture (core, cache, memory, bus architecture, IOs, etc.) and common hardware blocks and multi-threaded programming

• Experience with Source Code and Configuration management tools such as git/Gerrit

• Willingness to work in a structured software development environment with ability to work on low-level implementation (code & test)

• Willingness to work in a high-caliber international/multi-site team

• Good English communication (written and verbal) and positive interpersonal skills

Minimum Qualifications:

• 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.

The ideal candidate will have/demonstrate the following:

• 2+ years of relevant experience

• Familiar with high speed interfaces such as PCIe and LPDDR

• Familiar with implementing systems with high reliability expectations such as use of ECC, PCI AER fields.

• Familiar with low speed interfaces such as I2C, SPI, SPMI, AVSBus & PMBus

• Familiar working with software running on Qualcomm’s QuRT RTOS (ARM Cortex-A CPU’s and Hexagon DSPs)

• Familiar with Qualcomm’s Core Software infrastructure e.g. Glink, QDSS, SOC power control algorithms such as dynamic frequency/voltage scaling.

• Experience working with and familiarity with important SOC building blocks like interrupt controller & timers

• Software development and debug tools including compilers, profilers, source control systems, emulators, JTAG and serial debuggers, and logic analyzers

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Pay range:

$104,000.00 - $156,000.00

The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer!

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EEO Employer: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification