Senior Power & Thermal Management Software Engineer

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

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking talented engineers for the Power and Limits management software group in San Diego.

You will work across system, power, software, and hardware teams to develop architectures for Qualcomm's growing product portfolio and gain exposure to the full product life cycle from pre-silicon to commercialization. The role emphasizes software optimization, firmware development for memory/CPU constrained systems, and collaboration on SOC-level interactions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field with 2+ years of software engineering experience.
• 2+ years of programming experience in C/C++, Java, Python, or similar languages.
• Preferred: hands-on with Real Time Embedded Systems and hardware-software integration.

Responsibilities

• Analyze requirements and design robust software solutions for power-efficient chipsets.
• Perform performance, memory, and power optimizations across SOC subsystems.
• Develop tooling for silicon profiling, validation, and debugging.
• Contribute to pre-silicon evaluations and sign-offs.
• Identify opportunities for HW acceleration and coordinate with HW team.

Skills

C

C++

Java

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS

Master's degree in Engineering/CS

PhD in Engineering/CS

Tools

Perforce

Git

Job description

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking talented engineers for the Power and Limits management software group in San Diego.

You will work across system, power, software, and hardware teams to develop architectures for Qualcomm's growing product portfolio and gain exposure to the full product life cycle from pre-silicon to commercialization. The role emphasizes software optimization, firmware development for memory/CPU constrained systems, and collaboration on SOC-level interactions.