FY27 Intern - Firmware/Embedded Software Engineering Internship - Canada (12 or 16 months)
Qualcomm3 days ago
Toronto, CanadaIntern
Base Salary
$55k - $103k/yr
Responsibilities
- Write and debug low-level C firmware and device drivers for SerDes and die-to-die interconnect hardware.
- Extend C and Python SDK features for link bring-up, calibration, diagnostics, monitoring, and register access.
- Port and optimize firmware across simulation, emulation, FPGA, and real-silicon environments.
- Build Python tooling, lab automation, regression tests, and test frameworks.
- Improve build, release, and continuous integration flows across hardware platforms.
- Develop debug tools, command-line utilities, GUIs, and dashboards.
- Investigate firmware, software, and hardware integration issues with cross-functional engineering teams.
- Work in the lab on silicon bring-up and debugging.
- Contribute to documentation, code reviews, test plans, and firmware and SDK releases.
Requirements
- Be studying toward a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Engineering Science, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Have at least 1 year of academic experience with programming languages such as C, C++, or Python.
- Have experience programming in C and Python, or equivalent relevant project experience.
- Have knowledge of embedded systems, microcontrollers, computer architecture, memory-mapped registers, or device drivers.
- Have familiarity with Linux development environments, command-line tools, shell scripting, Git, and collaborative software development.
- Familiarity with build systems, automated testing, regression infrastructure, or CI tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins is preferred.
- Knowledge of digital logic, computer hardware, hardware/software interfaces, Verilog or SystemVerilog, and hardware simulation or emulation is preferred.
- Exposure to Ethernet, PCIe, CXL, UCIe, lab equipment, FPGA platforms, microcontroller boards, or silicon bring-up is an asset.
- Demonstrate strong debugging, problem-solving, analytical, communication, presentation, learning, and collaboration skills.
- Expected graduation date must be November 2028 or later.
- For a 16-month internship, be available from May/June 2027 through August/September 2028; for a 12-month internship, be available from May/June 2027 through May/June 2028.
Benefits
- Competitive hourly pay, accrued vacation time, and a housing stipend for the internship duration.
- Mentorship, manager support, professional development workshops, social events, cross-functional speaker sessions, and an executive speaker series.
- Internship opportunities are based in Toronto and Ottawa, Canada, with 12- or 16-month durations beginning in May/June 2027.
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.