Firmware Development Engineer, Sr. Staff

MaC VC; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 285,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. in San Diego, CA is seeking a CPU Power Management Firmware Developer to drive embedded firmware across pre- and post-silicon stages and to shape power management for Qualcomm CPUs.

You will collaborate with hardware and firmware teams, engage with open-source communities, and contribute to features across CPU subsystems, boot, RAS, and security. An opportunity to influence platform architecture exists.

Qualifications

• BS/BEng in Electrical, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science (or equivalent) with 5 years of embedded firmware experience.
• Self-starter with technical leadership
• Proficient in writing and debugging C and assembly
• Driver development for RTOS or OS Kernel environments
• Experience with embedded OSes such as Zephyr, eCos, uC/OS or FreeRTOS
• Experience with pre-silicon environments including simulators and FPGA emulation
• Experience defining interprocessor communication interfaces between embedded controllers and the platform
• Familiarity with ARM v8 architecture; ARMV8 platform experience is a plus

Responsibilities

• Drive the firmware design, implementation and verification, in pre-silicon and post-silicon environments.
• Assist in the definition Power Management solutions for future generation of Qualcomm CPUs.
• Actively engage with open-source communities to contribute support for processor architectures, device drivers, and firmware features
• Assist in identifying skills requirements and in hiring engineers, collaborating with other teams on platform bring-up/debug/diags, firmware lifecycle, etc.

Skills

C

C++

Assembly

RTOS

Embedded OSes

ARMv8

IPC

Open-source

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS

Master's degree

PhD

Job description

Company

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

Preferred Qualifications

• BS/BEng in Electrical, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science (or equivalent professional experience) with 5 years' experience in embedded firmware development
• Self-starter who takes initiative and brings technical leadership
• Proficient writing and debugging C and assembly
• Driver development experience in RTOS or OS Kernel environments
• Demonstrated development experience with embedded OSes such as Zephyr, eCos, uC/OS or FreeRTOS
• Experience developing for pre-silicon environments including simulators and FPGA emulation
• Experience defining interprocessor communication interfaces between embedded controllers and the platform
• Familiarity with ARM v8 architecture. Development experience for a ARMV8 platform is a plus.

Principal Duties And Responsibilities

• Drive the firmware design, implementation and verification, in pre-silicon and post-silicon environments.
• Assist in the definition Power Management solutions for future generation of Qualcomm CPUs.
• Actively engage with open-source communities to contribute support for processor architectures, device drivers, and firmware features
• Assist in identifying skills requirements and in hiring engineers, collaborating with other teams on platform bring-up/debug/diags, firmware lifecycle, etc.

Level Of Responsibility

• Works independently with minimal supervision.
• Decision-making is significant in nature and affects work beyond immediate work group.
• Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey information. May require basic negotiation, influence, tact, etc.
• Has a moderate amount of influence over key organizational decisions (e.g., is consulted by senior leadership to make key decisions).
• Tasks often require multiple steps which can be performed in various orders; extensive planning, problem-solving, and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively.

Additional Job Description

As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all.

As a CPU Power Management FW Developer, you are responsible for working with a team on the enablement of the power management solution for Qualcomm's custom CPUs. You will collaborate internally to help define and implement embedded firmware to manage the power and performance for the CPU subsystem within Qualcomm SoCs across many verticals. You will also participate in various other aspects of the management controller firmware development, including power management, boot, RAS, debug, security and runtime services.

In CPU Power Management FW developer role, you will be working closely both with the hardware power management and firmware development teams. You will have an opportunity to engage with third parties on enablement of new platforms, as well as providing input to our SoC and platform architects on future designs.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.

OR

Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 5+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.

OR

PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.

• 3+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

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Pay Range And Other Compensation & Benefits

$190,200.00 - $285,400.00

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. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer – and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.