Wireless RAN Software Engineer - 5G/6G, C++, Linux

QUALCOMM, Inc.; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 109,000 - 164,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking a software engineer to contribute to the Wireless R&D group in Boulder, Colorado. You will develop and verify complex wireless systems, focusing on 5G/6G RAN Layer 2 functionality in a multi-threaded Linux environment with C++.

Join a diverse team delivering advanced features for the TBS product, with CI-driven development, latency and throughput optimization, and collaboration across multiple cross-functional groups.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Own 5G/6G RAN Layer 2 (MAC, RLC, PDCP, SDAP) responsibilities.
• Drive 3GPP 5G/6G feature development from specification through commercialization.
• Design and develop L2 functionality, including DL and UL channel configuration, data-plane and call flows.
• Implement and optimize fixed and dynamic DL and UL channel schedulers, data-plane paths.
• Interface with NodeB Layer 3 (RRC) and Layer 1 (PHY) components.
• Develop real-time-sensitive, multi-core, and multi-threaded software for the NodeB.
• Debug, profile, and optimize software for latency, throughput, and reliability on the target platform.

Skills

C++ programming

Linux environment

Multi-threaded programming

3GPP 4G/5G familiarity

Debugging

Communication skills

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field

Tools

Git

GDB

Build systems

IDEs

DPDK

Python

Job description

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking a software engineer to contribute to the Wireless R&D group in Boulder, Colorado. You will develop and verify complex wireless systems, focusing on 5G/6G RAN Layer 2 functionality in a multi-threaded Linux environment with C++.

Join a diverse team delivering advanced features for the TBS product, with CI-driven development, latency and throughput optimization, and collaboration across multiple cross-functional groups.