Staff Engineer, Device Drivers (San Diego or Boulder, CO)

MaC VC; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 141,000 - 212,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual discretionary bonus

RSU grants

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking a software engineer to develop Linux device drivers for ML use cases and upstream contributions.

You will work on driver code for the AI100 accelerator and related products, with focus on low-level implementation and hardware block familiarity. The role requires Linux kernel experience, PCIe/PCIe virtualization, embedded C, and a solid understanding of SoC architectures.

Qualifications

• Experience with Linux kernel driver development and debugging.
• Knowledge of PCIe, SR-IOV, and hardware blocks in SoC.
• Proficient in C and embedded software development; RTOS familiarity.

Responsibilities

• DevelopLinux device drivers and upstreaming of code.
• Collaborate on SoC bus subsystems, DMA, PCIe, and peripherals.
• Work in a structured software environment with low-level implementation and testing.

Skills

Linux kernel driver development

PCIe virtualization SR-IOV

Embedded C development

RTOS and SoC architecture knowledge

Source code & configuration management

Low-level implementation & testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS/IS or related field

Master's degree in Engineering/CS/IS or related field

PhD in Engineering/CS/IS or related field

2+ years programming experience (C/C++/Java/Python)

Tools

Git

Job description

Company

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary

Qualcomm CR&D is looking for a software engineer for Linux device driver for Machine Learning use cases. The development target is Qualcomm high-performance inference accelerator AI 100 and related products.

The candidate will help work on developing code for Linux device drivers and help with upstreaming the code.

Familiarity with development of functional simulation of SoC systems included bus subsystems, DMA, PCIe and peripherals, synchronization mechanisms such as semaphores as well as low speed peripherals will be beneficial.

Required Skills And Aptitudes

• Experience with Linux kernel driver development, kernel modules, HWMon, sysfs and debugging techniques


• PCIe virtualization, SRIOV


• Experience with embedded development in C.


• Knowledge of RTOS, SoC architecture (core, cache, memory, bus architecture, IOs, etc.) and common hardware blocks


• Experience with Source Code and Configuration management tools, git knowledge is required


• Willingness to work in a structured software development environment with ability to work on low-level implementation (code & test)

Desirable Skills And Aptitudes

• 4+ years of relevant experience


• Experience with Linux kernel PCIe stack.


• Familiar with high speed interfaces such as PCIe and LPDDR


• Familiar with implementing systems with high reliability expectations such as use of ECC, PCI AER fields.


• Experience working with and familiarity with important SOC building blocks like interrupt controller & timers


• Experience with kernel subsystems relevant to isolation and security.


• Strong understanding of DMA, IOMMU, and device assignment in virtualized/isolated contexts.


• Proficiency with virtualization: KVM and guest/host split drivers.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.

OR

Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.

OR

PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.

OR

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

Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer.

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Pay Range And Other Compensation & Benefits

$141,300.00 - $211,900.00

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.

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