3 days ago
Toronto, CanadaIntern
Base Salary
$55k - $103k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop and test production-level firmware for data center AI networking and connectivity System-on-Chip solutions.
- Implement and test firmware in FPGA-based emulation and post-silicon laboratory environments.
- Develop device drivers and control-plane firmware for embedded CPU cores such as RISC-V.
- Develop SDKs and APIs for internal silicon validation tests and customer use cases.
- Implement test automation for SoC firmware and SDKs and follow firmware design, code review, unit testing, and functional testing processes.
- Support silicon validation and applications teams with firmware issues, tools, and investigations.
- Learn and work with optical and electrical SerDes technologies, DSP retimer cores, and hardware-control algorithms.
Requirements
- Be currently studying toward a bachelor’s degree in Engineering Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Physics, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Have experience with C/C++, Python, Git, Linux development environments, GCC, make, and shell scripting.
- Have embedded systems experience and microcontroller programming skills.
- Demonstrate strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work independently and on a team.
- For the 16-month internship, be available from May/June 2027 through August/September 2028 and expect to graduate in November 2028 or later.
- Preferred qualifications include knowledge of operating systems, computer architecture, electronics, networking, SerDes, Ethernet, PCIe, I2C, SPI, USB, NVMe, revision control, issue tracking tools, and laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes and JTAG debuggers.
Benefits
- 16-month internship in Toronto, Canada, scheduled approximately May/June 2027 through August/September 2028.
- Mentorship, manager support, professional development workshops, social events, cross-functional speaker sessions, and an executive speaker series.
- Competitive hourly pay, accrued vacation time, and a housing stipend for the internship duration.
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.