5 days ago
Base Salary
$141k - $212k/yr
Responsibilities
- Analyze requirements and design software solutions that improve power efficiency across current and next-generation Qualcomm chipsets.
- Analyze and optimize existing software for performance, memory use, and power utilization, including algorithms and software/hardware partitioning.
- Develop tools for silicon profiling, validation, and debugging across SoC components.
- Participate in pre-silicon evaluations and sign-offs.
- Recommend opportunities for hardware acceleration to hardware engineering teams.
- Develop firmware for memory- and CPU-constrained systems and analyze power-software execution efficiency.
- Work across software components, application cores, and hardware to manage performance and thermal tradeoffs.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field plus 4+ years of software engineering or related experience; alternatively, a master's degree plus 3+ years or a PhD plus 2+ years.
- 2+ years of work experience with a programming language such as C, C++, Java, or Python.
- Preferred experience includes 7–10 years in computer architecture, real-time operating systems, embedded systems, C/assembly programming, debugging with JTAG, compilers/linkers, Python scripting, embedded software, machine learning, and Perforce or Git.
- Ability to read hardware programming guides and write drivers or software based on them.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, technical communication, interpersonal, and attention-to-detail skills.
Benefits
- Competitive annual discretionary bonus program.
- Opportunity for annual RSU grants.
- Competitive benefits package supporting work, home, and personal well-being.
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.