Embedded Software Senior Engineer- SOC Firmware

Qualcomm; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 118,000 - 177,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking a skilled embedded software engineer to join the Core Platform bootloader team in California. You will design, implement, and integrate firmware features enabling boot sequences from ROM to OS across multiple SoCs.

The role requires collaboration with software, hardware, ASIC, and architecture teams and a strong focus on secure, reliable low-level code. Experience in embedded systems, C development, and device drivers is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 2+ years of software engineering experience.
• Master's degree plus 1+ year experience in software engineering.
• PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, CS, or related field.
• 2+ years of experience with programming languages such as C, C++, Java, Python.

Responsibilities

• Design, development and integration of SoC firmware features and tests.
• Collaborate with software, hardware, ASIC, architecture, emulation and simulation teams.
• Maintain attention to detail through all firmware phases from design to release.
• Work with Emulation and HW design teams to verify firmware and drivers.
• Code securely and participate in code reviews with stakeholders.
• Deliver defined tasks on time and manage dependencies.

Skills

C Programming

Embedded systems

Device driver development

Communication skills

Collaboration across teams

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS or related field

Master's degree in Engineering/CS or related field

PhD in Engineering/CS or related field

Tools

Git

Perforce

Job description

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary:

You will be part of the Core Platform bootloader team enabling diverse Qualcomm SoCs to boot all the way from ROM firmware till OS entry. Areas this team works on, but not limited to, include several stages of system initialization, secure boot and authentication, platform and device configurations, execution environment enablement across new emerging CPU architectures, enabling latest industry tuned peripherals and interfaces, multicore and multithreaded scheduler based boot initializations, next-gen volatile (DDRx) and non-volatile memory(UFS, NVMe, eMMC, NAND, SPI-NOR, etc) device and interfaces(USB, PCIe) initializations and device driver development.

Your responsibilities may include, but not limited to:

• Design, development and integration of SoC firmware features, diagnostics and test capabilities for QCT boot platforms.
• Strong coordination and collaboration across wide range of technical areas to include software, hardware, ASIC, integration, architecture, emulation and simulation teams.
• Paying attention to the details during all phases of firmware design, development, integration, testing and release
• Work with Emulation, HW design teams, as necessary, in verifying and debugging firmware, driver and resolving platform issues
• Efficient and secure (ie. cognizant of not exposing security exploits) coding plus driving code review of firmware logic updates with all required stakeholders
• On time execution of defined tasks and deliverables, driving dependencies with other teams to closure

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
• 2+ years of academic or work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

What are we looking for?

• 4 + years of experience with embedded systems.
• C Programming
• Device Driver development
• Strong communication skills
• Strong collaborative skills working with multiple teams

Additional skills are a plus:

• Chip/SoC on-target, emulation and simulation platform bringup and debug experience
• Highly proficient in C, with a focus on system initialization and low-level code.
• Good analytical, debugging and problem solving skills.
• ARM microprocessor architecture and ARM Assembly language experience.
• Good understanding of basic real-time/embedded programming, resource-constrained environments, and operating system loaders.
• Open Source bootloader and firmware experiences - UEFI Tianocore EDK2, coreboot, uboot, TF-A, Zephyr RTOS

Preferred Education Requirements

• Master's, Computer Engineering and/or Computer Science and/or Electrical Engineering
• 3+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience
• 1+ year of work experience with Git, Perforce, or Source Code Management System

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits

$117,800.00 - $176,600.00

The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play.