1 day ago
Toronto, CanadaStaff+
Base Salary
$121k - $171k/yr
Responsibilities
- Gather firmware requirements and convert high-level designs into device interfaces and higher-level firmware system designs.
- Define, develop, integrate, validate, and optimize SERDES PHY firmware from pre-silicon design through post-silicon bring-up.
- Translate bring-up and validation requirements into efficient C/C++ firmware and reusable software components.
- Collaborate with ASIC, digital design, digital verification, hardware, systems, software, and program management teams to meet performance and schedule requirements.
- Develop test, debug, diagnostics, error-monitoring, and board/interface configuration capabilities for hardware and firmware validation.
- Debug and drive low-level software, silicon, hardware, and integration issues to closure.
- Develop and document firmware and hardware design specifications, architectural decisions, and validation requirements.
- Plan and implement regression test cases to improve reliability and release quality.
- Coordinate with external vendors and customers to ensure requirements and release-quality targets are met.
- Mentor junior engineers and promote continuous improvement in firmware development and validation processes.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field with 4+ years of software engineering or related experience; alternatively, a master’s degree with 3+ years or a PhD with 2+ years.
- 2+ years of work experience with a programming language such as C, C++, Java, or Python.
- 6+ years of embedded systems experience with platforms such as ARM, RISC-V, or MIPS.
- Strong experience with low-level bare-metal programming, BIOS/UEFI firmware, Linux kernel, RTOS, and device drivers.
- Proficiency in C/C++ and Python.
- Experience developing software or firmware to control analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuits.
- Familiarity with industry-standard EDA tools, digital verification methodologies, Verilog, and SystemVerilog.
- Experience with SerDes, Ethernet, PCIe, D2D/UCIe, or related communication systems.
- Hands-on experience validating CPU, SoC, FPGA, MCU, and DSP components and developing laboratory test and debug tools.
- Knowledge of protocols and peripherals including Ethernet, DDR, I2C, SPI/QSPI, MIPI/CSI, GMSL, A2B, I2S, TDM, LVDS, PCIe, USB, NVMe, and CAN.
- Experience with high-speed signal bring-up and diagnostics, error monitoring, and board/interface configuration APIs.
- Experience using oscilloscopes, JTAG debuggers, and I2C/SPI tools.
- Preferred experience with embedded Linux, Buildroot, Yocto, Zephyr, FreeRTOS, FPGAs, Xilinx, Zed, or MicroZed.
- Preferred hardware debugging experience involving power, signal integrity, and EMC validation and tuning.
- Experience with Jira, Confluence, and Agile/Scrum is preferred.
Benefits
- Annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants.
- Competitive benefits package designed to support employees at work, at home, and at play.
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.