Embedded IoT Firmware Engineer - Bare-Metal Bring-Up Expert

Qualcomm; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 134,800 - 202,200; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking an embedded software engineer to join the IPS Software team. The role focuses on low‑level device drivers, firmware, and hardware/software interfaces to bring up, test, and validate Qualcomm reference platforms.

You will develop bare‑metal software, run validation firmware, and collaborate with hardware, silicon, and systems teams across global sites. The ideal candidate has deep embedded experience and can work independently or in a distributed team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field with 4+ years of relevant experience.
• Master's degree with 3+ years of relevant experience or PhD with 2+ years of relevant experience.
• 2+ years of programming in C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain bare-metal firmware and low-level device drivers for bring-up and validation of Qualcomm reference platforms.
• Perform early hardware bring-up and debug of new boards and chipsets across hardware, firmware, and system boundaries.
• Implement and extend test firmware for platform validation, manufacturing test, and factory enablement.
• Collaborate with hardware design, silicon, systems, and validation teams to define requirements and resolve integration issues.
• Analyze failures using schematics, traces, logic analyzer data, and lab instrumentation; drive issues to resolution.
• Support multiple platforms and hardware variants, adapting software to different configurations and use cases.
• Participate in code reviews, documentation, and best practices for low-level embedded software; mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Device drivers

Bare-metal software

Register-level programming

GPIO configuration

Hardware bring-up

SoC peripherals

Debugging

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. is seeking an embedded software engineer to join the IPS Software team. The role focuses on low‑level device drivers, firmware, and hardware/software interfaces to bring up, test, and validate Qualcomm reference platforms.

You will develop bare‑metal software, run validation firmware, and collaborate with hardware, silicon, and systems teams across global sites. The ideal candidate has deep embedded experience and can work independently or in a distributed team.