Senior Embedded GNSS Location Software Engineer

QUALCOMM, Inc.

Santa Clara (CA)

On-site

USD 135,000 - 202,000

Full time

5 days ago
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Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. in Santa Clara is seeking an embedded software engineer to design and deliver real‑time location software for GNSS and wireless platforms used by millions.

You will collaborate with hardware and systems teams to optimize performance, memory usage and power, implement in C/C++ on ARM, and help advance next‑generation location solutions across Qualcomm’s mobile devices.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field with 2+ years of software engineering experience.
  • Master’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field with 1+ year of software engineering experience.
  • PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, review, and maintain real-time embedded software in C and assembly language.
  • Develop software within a multi-threaded architecture with IPC and multiple interfaces.
  • Collaborate with hardware teams to verify features and debug hardware-related issues.
  • Collaborate with systems teams on algorithms, DSP, and implementation.
  • Work with test teams to diagnose and resolve system-level issues.
  • Contribute to software architecture, design discussions and development methodology.
  • Optimize software for performance, memory usage, and power efficiency.

Skills

C programming
C++ programming
RTOS concepts
ARM development
GNSS concepts
Multithreading

Education

Bachelor's degree
Master's degree
PhD

Tools

TRACE32
MATLAB

Job description

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. in Santa Clara is seeking an embedded software engineer to design and deliver real‑time location software for GNSS and wireless platforms used by millions.

You will collaborate with hardware and systems teams to optimize performance, memory usage and power, implement in C/C++ on ARM, and help advance next‑generation location solutions across Qualcomm’s mobile devices.

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