Senior Software Application Engineer

Company:
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Applications Engineering

General Summary:

As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm Software Application Engineer, you will provide technical expertise of software systems through technical presentations in support of business development, product demonstrations, design and development of customer specific requirements, commercialization, and maintenance of Qualcomm products. Qualcomm Engineers collaborate with cross-functional teams and customers to address questions, issues, debugging, or troubleshooting regarding software systems and applications.

Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
1+ year of any combination of academic and/or work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.
1+ year of any combination of academic and/or work experience with debugging techniques.

Preferred Qualifications
Strong debugging and software development experience in system-level and software issues, preferably on Qualcomm Mobile and IoT SoCs.
Experience with embedded system power, performance, and thermal analysis, along with software optimization techniques.
Solid understanding of SoC architecture.
Knowledge of Android OS, Linux kernel, and ARM architecture.
Experience with SoC IPs such as CPU, GPU, DDR, and DSP, including assessing power and performance using benchmarks.
Familiarity with embedded system architectures and experience with one or more operating systems (e.g., Android, Linux).
Strong software development skills with proficiency in C and C++, including problem analysis and debugging.
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, effective communication abilities, and enthusiasm for continuous learning.
Experience in system performance, thermal analysis, software performance, BSP, or system stability.
Proven customer-facing experience, including project issue resolution, delivering training sessions, conducting presentations, and demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of the customer project life cycle.

Principal Duties
Use profiling and analysis tools to evaluate applications and workloads, examine logs and traces, and identify power, performance, and thermal issues.
Collaborate directly with customers to root-cause issues and lead deep-dive debugging of customer use cases.
Profile and analyze power and performance KPIs and benchmarks for CPU, GPU, DDR, and other system components.
Design and develop proof-of-concept demos and implementations to showcase features and performance on Qualcomm IoT platforms.
Debug and isolate system- and platform-level issues using both software and hardware tools.
Analyze execution data, power metrics, and performance characteristics to optimize overall system behavior.
Develop or enhance debugging and profiling tools to improve efficiency in performance analysis.
Create power and performance documentation, deliver customer training, provide technical presentations, and offer onsite support for customer project debugging.

Level of Responsibility
Work independently with minimal supervision.
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to other team members.
Collaborate directly with customers to ensure successful outcomes and high customer satisfaction.
Demonstrate strong verbal and written communication skills to convey complex technical information; may require influencing customer decisions.
Handle tasks with undefined or evolving scope, requiring effective multitasking and prioritization.
Make significant independent technical and project-related decisions.
Be available for limited travel as required.

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:
$108,300.00 - $162,500.00

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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