Qualcomm

#System Software Engineer - Power

Qualcomm$94K — $141K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field
  • Strong foundation in computer architecture and system design
  • Proven embedded software development expertise
  • Solid understanding of electrical engineering and digital logic fundamentals
  • Effective communicator and collaborative team player

Responsibilities

  • Drive end-to-end power optimization across architecture, hardware, and software teams
  • Define, prototype, and evaluate new power features using pre-silicon platforms
  • Own post-silicon power KPI execution including debug and systematic optimization
  • Perform software trade-off analysis to assess power management strategies
  • Identify and deliver power optimization opportunities aligned with hardware architectures
  • Contribute to power debug and automation infrastructure to improve execution quality

Benefits

  • Competitive annual discretionary bonus program
  • Opportunities for annual RSU grants
  • Comprehensive benefits package designed for work-life balance
  • Support programs for career success and personal fulfillment
Full Job Description
Job Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary:

** This position is not eligible for Qualcomm immigration sponsorship. **

Qualcomm's Systems Software Power team is seeking a Power Systems Software Engineer who is passionate about solving complex power challenges and developing innovative solutions to optimize power efficiency for next-generation Snapdragon platforms.

In this role, the engineer will have a unique opportunity to learn, contribute, and directly influence the full lifecycle of mobile SoC power consumption, spanning system-level hardware and software power architecture and design, modeling and measurement, post-silicon debug and analysis, feature optimization, and eventual commercialization of best-in-class power solutions across Qualcomm products.

Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.

Responsibilities:
  • Drive end-to-end power optimization by working across architecture, hardware, firmware, kernel, Android, and system software teams to develop deep expertise in power architectures, control loops, and advanced low-power techniques across use-cases and targets
  • Define, prototype, and evaluate new power features early, leveraging pre-silicon platforms (emulation, models, trace-based studies) and carrying them through post-silicon bring-up, validation, and productization
  • Own post-silicon power KPI execution (Day-of-Use (Battery Life), game and multimedia use-cases), including root-cause debug, power walks, correlation, and systematic optimization across HW/SW boundaries
  • Perform software trade-off analysis using rapid prototyping, experiments, and trace-driven studies to assess alternative scheduler, DVFS, low-power mode, and system-level design choices under real workloads.
  • Identify and deliver power optimization opportunities by tuning or developing firmware, Linux kernel, and system algorithms (e.g., scheduler, LPMs, bus/DDR scaling, SoC power state transitions) aligned with evolving hardware architectures.
  • Contribute to and scale power debug, analysis, and automation infrastructure, including power telemetry, tooling, and AI-assisted workflows, to improve execution velocity, coverage, and quality across platforms and geographies.


Skills/Experience
  • Strong foundation in computer architecture and system design, including memory management and hierarchies, CPU/GPU architectures, and operating system fundamentals such as processes, threads, and scheduling.
  • Proven embedded software development expertise, with the ability to design and implement moderately complex systems software; hands-on experience with firmware and Linux kernel development is required.
  • Solid understanding of electrical engineering and digital logic fundamentals; familiarity with low-power design principles and power-saving techniques is a strong plus.
  • Effective communicator and collaborative team player, capable of working independently while contributing productively in cross-functional, multi-disciplinary environments.


Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:
$94,200.00 - $141,200.00

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.

If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.

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