Qualcomm

Platform Software Architect

Qualcomm
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2 months ago
San Diego, CA, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$141k - $212k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Define software and system architecture for Qualcomm’s low-power edge-AI technologies.
  • Collaborate with product management, customers, and hardware architecture teams to understand system requirements and use cases.
  • Perform systems engineering for complex use cases involving software and hardware across multiple technology domains.
  • Evaluate architectural options and trade-offs and develop architecture proposals and specifications.
  • Review and apply innovations from different Qualcomm business units.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field plus 4+ years of Software Engineering or related experience; or a master’s degree plus 3+ years; or a PhD plus 2+ years.
  • 2+ years of work experience with a programming language such as C, C++, Java, or Python.
  • Preferred: 6+ years of experience architecting complex embedded systems.
  • Experience designing hardware/software interfaces and system designs.
  • Knowledge of or experience with SoC architecture, RISC-V microcontrollers, Zephyr OS and device drivers, ARM architecture, Linux kernel and device drivers, SoC boot software, PCIe/CXL technology and software stack, and serial interfaces such as I2C, I3C, and SPI.
  • Ability and willingness to collaborate with globally distributed functional organizations across multiple sites.

Benefits

  • Annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants.
  • Competitive benefits package supporting employees at work, at home, and at play.
  • US benefits information is available through Qualcomm’s benefits materials.
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About Qualcomm

10,000+ employees

Qualcomm is a public semiconductor company headquartered in San Diego, founded in 1985, that designs and sells wireless chipsets and platforms for mobile devices, automotive, IoT, and networking, notably the Snapdragon application processors and 5G modems. It also licenses a large portfolio of cellular patents to device makers, generating revenue alongside chip sales; its technology underpins many Android smartphones and emerging automotive and edge-compute systems, and it trades on NASDAQ as QCOM.

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