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Responsibilities
- Lead SerDes firmware architecture, development, integration, bring-up, validation, optimization, and customer delivery.
- Develop embedded C/C++ firmware for hardware calibration, training algorithms, DSP adaptations, link state management, and device interfaces.
- Build C and Python SDKs, Python-based lab tools and GUIs, diagnostics frameworks, register-access utilities, and board/interface configuration APIs.
- Define and execute pre-silicon and post-silicon validation, including simulation, FPGA emulation, regression testing, silicon debug, and root-cause analysis.
- Collaborate with ASIC, digital design, verification, hardware, systems, software, applications, validation, vendors, and customers to meet requirements and performance goals.
- Lead technical or project execution for teams of 2–8 engineers, coordinate milestones and releases, and mentor junior engineers.
- Translate protocol and system requirements into firmware architecture, implementation, documentation, test cases, and reliable production features.
- Drive cross-functional resolution of integration, chip bring-up, hardware, silicon, and low-level software issues.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field with 6+ years of relevant experience; alternatively, a master’s degree with 5+ years or a PhD with 4+ years.
- 7+ years of embedded C/C++ firmware development experience for hardware IP or SoCs, with strong C/C++ and Python proficiency.
- At least 3 years of programming experience with languages such as C, C++, Java, or Python.
- Experience with ARM, RISC-V, or MIPS architectures and low-level programming in bare metal, RTOS, BIOS/UEFI firmware, Linux kernel, or device drivers.
- Technical or team leadership experience delivering embedded software from specification through production.
- Strong understanding of microcontroller architecture, memory-mapped registers, interrupt service routines, and boot flows.
- Experience controlling analog, digital, or mixed-signal circuits and working with SerDes, Ethernet, PCIe, CXL, D2D, UCIe, or chiplet products.
- Hands-on silicon bring-up and lab debugging experience using scopes, JTAG debuggers, I2C/SPI tools, analyzers, and custom tooling.
- Familiarity with EDA tools, digital verification methodologies, Verilog, SystemVerilog, Git, and software development practices.
- Preferred qualifications include RTOS, embedded Linux, Buildroot, Yocto, Zephyr, FreeRTOS, device drivers, FPGA and SoC validation, high-speed IO, calibration and signal conditioning, Python or Bash automation, and protocols such as DDR, USB, NVMe, CAN, MIPI/CSI, GMSL, A2B, I2S, TDM, and LVDS.
- Preferred experience includes Xilinx, Zed, MicroZed, Jira, Confluence, Agile/Scrum, open-source contributions, and knowledge of signal integrity, EMC, eye diagrams, jitter, BER, SNR, CTLE, DFE, and FFE.
Benefits
- Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodations during the hiring process.
- The role involves collaboration across Qualcomm teams and sites, as well as with external vendors and customers.
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