1 day ago
San Diego, CA, USAMid Level
Base Salary
$94k - $141k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own 5G/6G RAN Layer 2 responsibilities across MAC, RLC, PDCP, and SDAP.
- Drive 3GPP 5G/6G feature development from specification through commercialization.
- Design and develop downlink and uplink channel configuration, data-plane paths, and call flows.
- Implement and optimize fixed and dynamic downlink and uplink channel schedulers and data-plane paths.
- Interface with NodeB Layer 3 RRC and Layer 1 PHY components.
- Develop real-time-sensitive, multi-core, multi-threaded NodeB software.
- Debug, profile, and optimize software for latency, throughput, and reliability on the target platform.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field.
- At least 2 years of software design and development experience with C++, or strong C programming experience with familiarity in object-oriented concepts.
- Experience with the full software development life cycle.
- Familiarity with 3GPP 4G/5G specifications and the ability to translate specifications into requirements.
- Familiarity with Linux development and multi-core, multi-threaded programming and operating-system concepts.
- Familiarity with industry-standard development and debugging tools, including IDEs, build systems, git, and gdb.
- Familiarity with AI-based tools or agentic workflows to improve productivity.
- Strong analytical, debugging, and communication skills, with the ability to work across distributed cross-functional teams.
- Preferred qualifications include hands-on LTE/5G L2 or RAN software development, real-time scheduling, DPDK, multi-core performance tuning, modern C++, and Python experience.
Benefits
- Annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants are available.
- Qualcomm provides a competitive benefits package supporting employees at work, at home, and at play.
- The position is not eligible for Qualcomm immigration sponsorship.
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.