1 day ago
Base Salary
$109k - $164k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, standardize, implement, verify, validate, and commercialize cellular air interfaces, modem technologies, and related software.
- Develop Qualcomm proprietary vector DSP firmware, PHY-layer modem firmware, modem control software, and embedded firmware under constrained MIPS and memory requirements.
- Program and optimize SIMD and assembly-based DSP code for modem transmit and receive baseband signal processing.
- Design, optimize, and implement software for wireless systems and modems.
- Develop unit tests, debugging processes, and efficient test methodologies for modem DSP firmware.
- Integrate software into platforms or products and collaborate with cross-functional and integration teams.
- Design products that meet customer requirements and wireless standards.
- Write technical documentation and feature descriptions.
- Contribute to ORAN and FAPI specifications and AI/ML-native modem enhancements.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience with DSP intrinsics or assembly, C, Python, real-time operating systems, embedded systems, SIMD optimization, signal processing or communication theory, and multithreaded programming.
- Preferred: master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- Preferred: 1+ year of applicable wireless, semiconductor, or embedded software industry experience.
- Preferred: 1+ year of experience with computer architecture or embedded systems.
- Preferred: DSP development experience, Matlab experience, modem or PHY-layer firmware development, and familiarity with 5G NR and LTE protocols.
Benefits
- Annual discretionary bonus program.
- Opportunity for annual RSU grants.
- Competitive benefits package supporting work, home, and personal life.
- Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer and provides reasonable workplace and hiring-process accommodations.
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.