Company:Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Job Area:Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering
General Summary:We are seeking an experienced embedded software engineer to join our team in a Customer Engineering (CE) role. The CE team is a cross-functional team that requires strong software development skills in addition to comprehensive communication, documentation and customer interaction competencies. This position has an emphasis on embedded software development tasking but also includes work on various phases of the product integration cycle including authoring technical documentation, collaborating with test and system engineering teams, and working closely with partners and customers to provide expertise in system design and integration. This role is ideal for someone with a strong background in embedded software development but also enjoys the challenges and rewards of working directly with multiple teams to drive customer integration of QGOV products to ensure adoption by end users.
This role requires full-time onsite work in San Diego, CA (5 days per week).Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.Key Responsibilities- Design, develop, and optimize embedded software systems
- Collaborate across teams to integrate features into secure government platforms
- Analyze and debug complex issues across the software stack from bootloader to application layers
- Develop comprehensive engineer-level documentation
- Interface with customers and end users, including presenting at technical exchange meetings
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.
2+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.
Qualifications- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
- 6+ years of experience in embedded systems with a focus on any of the following subsystems: modem, BSP/bootloader, networking, compute/AI/Machine Vision, multimedia (camera, audio), platform security, virtualization
- Extensive experience on any of the following embedded platforms: mobile, robotics, automotive
- Extensive experience on any of the following software platforms: Android, Linux, QNX, microkernels/RTOS
- Expertise in the following languages: C/C++, Python
- Experience in creating engineering documentation and presentations
- Comfortable explaining complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Must be eligible to obtain a Top Secret security clearance
- Must be available for limited travel
Preferred Qualifications- 8+ years of experience in embedded systems with a focus on any of the following subsystems: modem, BSP/bootloader, networking, compute/AI/Machine Vision, multimedia (camera, audio), platform security, virtualization
- Deep expertise with the Linux kernel including modifying device tree and kernel configurations
- Experience writing Linux kernel drivers
- Experience with bash scripting, makefile and CMake
- Working knowledge of common embedded communication protocols (e.g. USB, PCIE, SPI, I2C, etc)
- Working knowledge of hardware principles including reading device schematics
- Knowledge of 3GPP specifications and modem architecture
- Prior experience working with government or defense-related systems
- Experience in delivering presentations or demos to customers
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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits: $134,800.00 - $202,200.00
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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