Qualcomm · 1 month ago
CPU Software Architecture Sr. Staff Engineer
San Diego, California, United States of America
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$163K/yr - $244K/yr
5+ years expQualcomm Technologies, Inc. is a leader in the semiconductor industry, and they are seeking a Senior Staff Engineer for their CPU software architecture team. This role involves driving the software architecture for various top products using Qualcomm Custom CPU and participating in hardware-software co-design, system optimizations, and firmware development.
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Responsibilities
Applies Software knowledge and experience to design, develop, create, modify, and validate embedded and cloud edge software, applications, and/or specialized utility programs
Analyzes user needs and software requirements to design and customize software for optimal operational efficiency
Designs and implements software modules for products and systems
Participates in the design, coding for large features, unit testing, significant debugging fixes, and integration efforts to ensure projects are completed to specifications and schedules
Performs code reviews and regression tests as well as triages and fixes issues to ensure the quality of code
Collaborates with others inside project team to accomplish project objectives
Writes technical documentation for Software projects
Qualification
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
Preferred
Master's Degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science or related field
6+ yrs of Experience in Embedded system development
Understanding of ARM CPU architecture fundamentals and ARMv8/v9 ISA
Performance Evaluation and Optimization of the applications for ARM architecture based SoCs
Familiarity of typical Open-Source development tools and frameworks
Experience in software or driver development for operating systems like Linux or RTOS (zephyr RTOS)
Good Programming skills using C, C++ or ARM assembly
Strong Analytical and debugging skills
Skills to collaborate with multiple-teams including HW design to define the software architecture
Understanding of RISCV architecture fundamentals is a plus
Benefits
Competitive annual discretionary bonus program
Opportunity for annual RSU grants
Highly competitive benefits package designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play
Company
Qualcomm
Qualcomm designs wireless technologies and semiconductors that power connectivity, communication, and smart devices.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
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$3.5M1991-12-20IPO
1988-01-01Undisclosed· $3.5M
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President and Chief Executive Officer
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