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Qualcomm · 23 hours ago

Firmware Development Engineer, Sr. Staff

positionSanta Clara, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level, Lead/Staff
money$163K/yr - $244K/yr
date5+ years exp

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is a leading technology innovator that drives digital transformation to create a smarter, connected future. The Sr. Staff Firmware Development Engineer will be responsible for designing, implementing, and verifying firmware solutions for Qualcomm's custom CPUs, focusing on power management and performance optimization within the CPU subsystem.

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Responsibilities

Drive the firmware design, implementation and verification, in pre-silicon and post-silicon environments
Assist in the definition Power Management solutions for future generation of Qualcomm CPUs
Actively engage with open-source communities to contribute support for processor architectures, device drivers, and firmware features
Assist in identifying skills requirements and in hiring engineers, collaborating with other teams on platform bring-up/debug/diags, firmware lifecycle, etc

Qualification

Embedded firmware developmentC programmingDriver developmentEmbedded OS experiencePre-silicon developmentARM v8 architectureTechnical leadershipProblem-solvingCommunication skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience
OR Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 5+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience
OR 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
Self-starter who takes initiative and brings technical leadership
Proficient writing and debugging C and assembly
Driver development experience in RTOS or OS Kernel environments
Demonstrated development experience with embedded OSes such as Zephyr, eCos, uC/OS or FreeRTOS
Experience developing for pre-silicon environments including simulators and FPGA emulation
Experience defining interprocessor communication interfaces between embedded controllers and the platform
Familiarity with ARM v8 architecture

Preferred

Development experience for a ARMV8 platform is a plus

Benefits

Competitive annual discretionary bonus program
Annual RSU grants
Highly competitive benefits package

Company

Qualcomm

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Qualcomm designs wireless technologies and semiconductors that power connectivity, communication, and smart devices.
dateFounded in 1985
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San Diego, California, USA
people-size10001+ employees
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http://www.qualcomm.com

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Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$3.5M
1991-12-20IPO
1988-01-01Undisclosed· $3.5M

Leadership Team

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Cristiano Amon
President and Chief Executive Officer
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Isaac Eteminan
CEO
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