Company:Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Job Area:Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering
General Summary:As a SoC Platform Software Engineer, you will be responsible for comprehending software product requirements, use cases, and applications, and understanding their relationship to specific hardware blocks or sub-systems. In your role as a senior engineer, you will lead the development, debugging, and customer interactions for various platform software drivers and modules. Your objective will be to deliver next-generation, best-in-class solutions to automotive customers worldwide.
Minimum Qualifications:• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
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Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 5+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
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PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• 3+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.
Preferred Qualifications:- Master's degree or PhD in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 8+ years of software experience in embedded software development for ARM based systems
- Strong hands-on experience in at least 3 or more areas in Linux kernel, QNX Kernel, Safe/Free RTOS, Bootloaders, SoC architecture, ARM architecture, SoC/ARM security, Virtualization and Hypervisors, SoC Low-power management frameworks, performance analysis, Multimedia systems (Camera, Audio, GPU, Display, Video etc), Device drivers (PCIe, Ethernet, Storage, DDR, I2C, SPI etc), strong C programming and SoC HW debugging
- Exposure to automotive SW development processes and standards (e.g., ASPCE, ISO26262 and ISO21434)
- Knowledge of interaction types between hardware and software for different types of standard hardware blocks, CPU, and accelerators.
- Working knowledge on HW/SW safety mechanisms like BIST, Voltage/Clock monitoring, Failure mode analysis
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:• Leverages advanced Software knowledge and experience to design, develop, create, modify, and validate critical embedded and cloud edge software, applications, and/or specialized utility programs.
• Analyzes user needs, software requirements, and time and cost constraints to design and customize sophisticated software for optimal operational efficiency.
• Designs and implements software sub-systems for complex, large-scale products and systems.
• Leads design, coding, and testing efforts to ensure that projects are completed to specifications and schedules.
• Performs highly complex code reviews and regression tests as well as triages and fixes issues to ensure the quality of code.
• Collaborates with individuals outside the software function (e.g., Hardware, Systems, and Test engineers) to increase leverage and design solutions that work with other components of a specific project.
• Writes detailed technical documentation for highly complex Software projects; reviews technical documentation for junior engineers.
Level of Responsibility:• Works independently with minimal supervision.
• Provides supervision/guidance to other team members.
• Decision-making is critical in nature and highly impacts program, product, or project success.
• Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey complex information. May require negotiation, influence, tact, etc.
• Has a moderate amount of influence over key organizational decisions (e.g., is consulted by senior leadership to make key decisions).
• Tasks often require multiple steps which can be performed in various orders; extensive planning, problem-solving, and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively.
Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits: $162,600.00 - $244,000.00
The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer - and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.
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