Qualcomm · 8 hours ago
Software Project Engineer, Principal
Redmond, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$212K/yr - $318K/yr
6+ years expQualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Principal Software Project Engineer with expertise in Windows Operating System and BSP for QCT Compute chipsets. The role involves driving project planning and execution, collaborating with various teams to ensure successful delivery of software features, and managing complex dependencies and bug resolutions.
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Responsibilities
Collaborate with different Qualcomm & Microsoft technology teams, Product Managers, Customer Engineering, Technical Account Managers to identify features for next generation Windows compute chipsets and plan them through software development life cycle
Provide SW assessment of project scope, overall effort and risks
Collaborate & negotiate with different internal & external organizations on inter dependencies, effort estimations, commitments and support alignment of different software features’ development and delivery schedules
Work with all relevant internal and external SW and non-SW teams to ensure overall project plans, commitments and schedule are viable and signed off
Participating in product definition with PdMs, feeding SW requirements into product planning (RFP, RFQ)
Lead ES/FC/CS planning
Participate in OEM feature planning activities
Technically drive these selected complex features with internal & external dependencies through pre-silicon development, integration and post-silicon bring-up, validation and deployment activities
Support Windows Hardware Compatibility Program Compliance / Windows Hardware Quality Labs / Hardware Lab Kit activities with IHV drivers’ certification focus
Bug management including telemetry reported issues that require close collaboration and co-engineering with Microsoft and Qualcomm technology teams, collaboration tools development and maintenance
Lead day to day Co-Engineering features execution by running SW scrums, system level issue debug and resolution
Overall representative in project level forums representing SW team (core team meetings, exec reviews, architecture discussions, cross functional team planning), presenting status on different Co-Engineering and Co-development features development and critical software bugs’ resolution internally and externally
Drive lessons learned and continuously improve Co-development and Co-Engineering processes, tools and systems
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 8+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience
Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 7+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience
PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience
4+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc
Preferred
10+ years of work experience in Embedded SW for SoC, Windows HLOS and Windows Operating system
10+ years of work experience in Wireless technologies (CDMA/WCDMA/LTE/5GNR; WLAN; BT)
10+ years of work experience in MM technologies: Camera, Video, Audio, Display
10+ years of work experience in AI Technologies knowledge
10+ years of work experience in Compute ecosystem knowledge
10+ years of work experience in Power, performance and thermal system optimizations
Benefits
Competitive annual discretionary bonus program
Opportunity for annual RSU grants
Highly competitive benefits package
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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