AI-Native Modem Software Engineer

Qualcomm Incorporated; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 103,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. in Boulder is seeking a Modem Software Engineer to design, develop, and optimize real-time embedded modem firmware (MPSS) running on DSP and Arm cores.

You will work close to the metal, delivering performant code for cellular protocol layers, device drivers, and RTOS components. The role emphasizes AI-native development, building agent-assisted workflows, debugging, and performance tuning, with collaboration across systems, hardware, and test teams to ensure

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize real-time embedded modem software across protocol layers, drivers, and platform services.
• Apply rigorous data-structure and algorithm design to build efficient, scalable firmware components.
• Own end-to-end feature delivery: requirements, architecture, implementation, tests, bring-up, maintenance.
• Pioneer AI-native development practices within the team and integrate AI tooling into workflows.
• Build and maintain AI-assisted tooling for code review, static analysis, test synthesis, and log triage.
• Debug and root-cause complex issues on target hardware using logs and RAM dumps.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with systems, hardware, test, and integration teams.
• Contribute to code reviews and engineering standards, including AI safety in SDLC.
• Mentor peers on embedded fundamentals and AI-native techniques.

Skills

Data structures

Algorithms

C/C++

DSP/Arm embedded

Debugging on hardware

Device drivers/HAL

RTOS internals

AI-native engineering

AI tooling & prompts

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

JTAG

Logic analyzers

Crash/log analysis

Job description

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. in Boulder is seeking a Modem Software Engineer to design, develop, and optimize real-time embedded modem firmware (MPSS) running on DSP and Arm cores.

You will work close to the metal, delivering performant code for cellular protocol layers, device drivers, and RTOS components. The role emphasizes AI-native development, building agent-assisted workflows, debugging, and performance tuning, with collaboration across systems, hardware, and test teams to ensure