Senior Embedded Software Engineer (Cloud Edge & Data Center Machine Learning)

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

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to contribute to the design, development, and commercialization of embedded software/firmware for Cloud Edge and Data Center ML use cases running on premium silicon.

The role emphasizes low-level C, BSP/driver development, RTOS, TrustZone, and collaboration with international teams to advance ML acceleration and efficient data movement within embedded Linux environments.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of work experience with low level C programming.
• Proficient with C development and GNU/LLVM tools on embedded platforms.
• Experience with BSP development, device drivers, RTOS, and TrustZone.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop embedded software for Cloud Edge and Data Center ML use cases.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to advance ML acceleration and data movement.
• Work on memory management, PCIe, and virtualization features.

Skills

Low-level C

Embedded Linux

RTOS/TrustZone

BSP/Driver

Git/Gerrit

JTAG/SWD Debugging

DMA/Data movement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS

Master's degree in Engineering/CS

PhD in Engineering/CS

Tools

GNU/LLVM tools

JTAG/SWD debuggers

Emulators

GCC cross-compiler

Qualcomm QuRT RTOS

Job description

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary:

Qualcomm’s new Data Center Business Unit (BU) is looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer to contribute to the design, development, and commercialization of software/firmware solutions for Cloud Edge and Data Center machine learning (ML) use cases running on premium-tier high-performance silicon. You will work closely with internal and cross-functional teams and contribute to the advancement of critical technologies such as ML acceleration, process in memory, memory management and virtualization.

The candidate should have a background in embedded software development such as board support packages (BSP), device driver development, RTOS, secure boot, TrustZone technology, low-speed peripheral interfaces (I2C/SPI/UART), chipset power blocks, clock tree management, PCIe and efficient data movement using DMA.

Minimum Requirements

• 2+ years of work experience with low level C programming
• Proficient with development in C including debug and testing, preferably using GNU/LLVM tools, on embedded platforms using stop-mode debug tools such as JTAG/SWD
• Skilled with BSP development including device driver development, board bring-up, RTOS, secure boot design & TrustZone architecture
• Experience with development and build tools for applications running within Embedded Linux environment
• Proficient with unit testing for C development
• Adept with RTOS fundamentals, SoC architecture (core, cache, memory, bus architecture, IOs, etc.), common hardware blocks and multi-threaded programming
• Experience with Source Code and Configuration management tools such as git/Gerrit
• Ability to work in a structured software development environment while contributing to novel designs
• Have willingness and flexibility to work as part of a high-caliber international/multi-site team
• Demonstrate excellent English communication skills (written and verbal) and positive interpersonal skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiar with ML frameworks such as PyTorch, JAX and Llama.cpp
• Familiar with interfaces such as PCIe, LPDDR, USB and UFS
• Familiar with implementing Reliability, Accessibility and Serviceability (RAS) through use of technologies such as ECC & PCI AER fields
• Familiar with low-speed interfaces such as I2C, SPI, SPMI, AVSBus & PMBus
• Familiar working with software running on Qualcomm’s QuRT RTOS (ARM Cortex-A CPUs and Hexagon DSPs)
• Familiar with on-chip Middleware for communication, logging and power control, including Qualcomm’s Core SW Infra (e.g., Glink, QDSS, SOC power control algorithms such as DVFS, DCVS)
• Experience working with microprocessor building blocks like microprocessor execution levels, interrupt controller & timers
• Software development and debug tools including compilers, profilers, source control systems, emulators, JTAG and serial debuggers, and logic analyzers

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.

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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. 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.