Embedded Firmware Engineer for Automotive Platforms

QUALCOMM, Inc.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 141,000 - 212,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. in San Diego is seeking a Software Engineer to design, develop, and validate embedded and cloud edge software. You will work on low-level device drivers, firmware, and hardware interfaces across cross-functional teams to bring up reference platforms for automotive applications.

The role requires strong depth in embedded software, experience with C/C++ and Python, and collaboration with hardware, silicon, and systems teams to meet performance targets.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain bare-metal firmware and low-level device drivers to enable bring-up and validation of Qualcomm Automotive reference platforms.
• Perform early hardware bring-up and debug of new boards and chipsets, identifying issues across hardware, firmware, and system boundaries.
• Implement and extend test firmware used for platform validation, manufacturing test, and factory enablement.
• Collaborate closely with hardware design, silicon, systems, and validation teams to define requirements and resolve hardware/software integration issues.
• Analyze failures using schematics, register traces, logic analyzer data, and lab instrumentation, and drive issues to resolution.
• Support multiple platforms and hardware variants, adapting software to different configurations and use cases.
• Contribute to code reviews, documentation, and best practices for low-level embedded software development.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance on embedded software, debugging techniques, and platform bring-up.
• Participate in cross-site and cross-functional reviews, providing clear technical communication and status updates.

Skills

Device drivers

Bare-metal

Hardware interfaces

ARM/RISC-V

Perforce

JTAG debuggers

English communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS

Master's degree in Engineering/CS

PhD in Engineering/CS

Tools

Lauterbach Trace32

JTAG debuggers

Perforce

Job description

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. in San Diego is seeking a Software Engineer to design, develop, and validate embedded and cloud edge software. You will work on low-level device drivers, firmware, and hardware interfaces across cross-functional teams to bring up reference platforms for automotive applications.

The role requires strong depth in embedded software, experience with C/C++ and Python, and collaboration with hardware, silicon, and systems teams to meet performance targets.