Principal Firmware Engineer – CPU Power Management

QUALCOMM, Inc.; Santa Clara, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 221,000 - 332,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Firmware Development Principal Engineer in Santa Clara, CA to drive firmware design and verification for Qualcomm CPU power management. You will work across hardware, firmware, and software teams to optimize performance in pre- and post-silicon environments.

The role emphasizes collaboration with open source communities, platform bring-up, and tuning of SoC subsystems. Candidates should have strong C/C++/Python skills and embedded OS experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering, CS, or related field with 8+ years of software engineering experience.
• 4+ years in C, C++, Java, Python, or equivalent languages.
• Embedded firmware development for pre/post-silicon environments and OS drivers.

Responsibilities

• Drive firmware design, implementation and verification for Qualcomm CPUs.
• Define CPU Performance Management solutions for future CPUs.
• Collaborate with hardware, firmware and platform teams to bring up/debug subsystems.

Skills

C

C++

Java

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS/IS

Master's degree in Engineering/CS/IS

PhD in Engineering/CS/IS

Tools

Zephyr RTOS

eCos

FreeRTOS

uC/OS

FPGA emulation

Job description

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Firmware Development Principal Engineer in Santa Clara, CA to drive firmware design and verification for Qualcomm CPU power management. You will work across hardware, firmware, and software teams to optimize performance in pre- and post-silicon environments.

The role emphasizes collaboration with open source communities, platform bring-up, and tuning of SoC subsystems. Candidates should have strong C/C++/Python skills and embedded OS experience.