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Base Salary
$181k - $271k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop solutions for custom CPUs involving the Linux kernel, boot firmware, low-level libraries, and performance optimization.
- Define future high-performance SoCs and platforms in collaboration with hardware and software teams.
- Identify hardware optimization opportunities with performance teams and create platform optimizations and drivers.
- Ensure operating systems run efficiently and identify opportunities for performance enhancements.
- Develop software virtual platforms and debugging tools for pre-silicon and hardware environments.
- Work independently, influence organizational decisions, communicate complex technical information, and solve advanced technical problems.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field plus 8+ years of Software Engineering or related experience; alternatively, a master's degree plus 7+ years or a PhD plus 6+ years.
- 4+ years of experience with programming languages such as C, C++, Java, or Python.
- Deep understanding of computer architecture, high-performance designs, weak memory models, server platforms, and hardware/software interfaces.
- Proficiency in C, assembly language, build systems, and systems programming with Python or similar languages.
- Experience with software virtual platforms, low-level boot firmware, debugging tools, distributed version control systems, and platform standards including UEFI, ACPI, and SystemReady.
- Preferred qualifications include a master's degree in Engineering or Computer Science, 10+ years of high-performance systems software experience, 15+ years of software-stack experience, and 10+ years of Linux kernel development.
Benefits
- Annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants.
- Competitive benefits package supporting employees at work, at home, and at play.
- Relocation to Santa Clara, CA or Austin, TX is required for candidates not already based in one of those locations.
- The stated pay range is $180,600.00-$271,000.00.
About Qualcomm
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.