#Embedded Software Engineer

Summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking an embedded software engineer for the Core Platform Kernel Services Software team. The role involves developing and deploying drivers and Kernel Services for Qualcomm SOCs, working closely with various stakeholders to analyze requirements and contribute to all stages of software development.

Responsibilities

• Develops, creates, and modifies general computer applications software or specialized utility programs
• Analyzes user needs and develops software solutions
• Designs software or customizes software for client use with the aim of optimizing operational efficiency
• May analyze and design databases within an application area, working individually or coordinating database development as part of a team
• Modifies existing software to correct errors, allow it to adapt to new hardware, or to improve its performance
• Analyzes user needs and software requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints
• Confers with systems analysts, engineers, programmers, and others to design system and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces
• Stores, retrieves, and manipulates data for analysis of system capabilities and requirements
• Designs, develops, and modifies software systems, using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcome and consequences of design
• Working under close supervision
• Taking responsibility for own work and making decisions with limited impact; Impact of decisions is readily apparent; errors made typically only impact timeline (i.e., require additional time to correct)
• Using verbal and written communication skills to convey basic, routine information about day-to-day activities to others who are fully knowledgeable in the subject area
• Completing most tasks with multiple steps which can be performed in various orders; some planning and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively; mistakes may result in some rework
• Exercising some creativity to troubleshoot technical problems or deal with novel circumstances
• Using deductive problem solving to solve moderately complex problems; most problems have defined processes of diagnosis/detection; some limited data analysis may be required

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field
• Masters in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• Experience in C and Data structures
• In-depth knowledge of Windows development environment and functionality and architecture especially driver module
• Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills in Linux Kernel. Familiar with ARM CoreSight architecture will be a plus
• Good understanding of CPU Architecture, Memory and Bus architecture and how that impacts software performance
• Able to debug complex problems across multiple layers of hardware, OS, compiler, and drivers
• Knowledge of interprocessor communications, reset controller hardware and crash debug sequence
• Experience with Windows OS, Visual Studio/LLVM compiler and Windows Performance Analyzer (WPA) tools is preferred
• Experience in Compiler and JIT technologies is a plus
• Experience with optimizing for popular CPU software benchmarks is a plus
• Familiarity with ETM will be a plus
• Experience on Python/Perl will be a plus
• Assembly and C++ language experience is a plus
• Familiarity with Security Architecture in embedded systems is a plus

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field

Nice to Haves

• Masters in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• Experience in C and Data structures
• In-depth knowledge of Windows development environment and functionality and architecture especially driver module
• Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills in Linux Kernel. Familiar with ARM CoreSight architecture will be a plus
• Good understanding of CPU Architecture, Memory and Bus architecture and how that impacts software performance
• Able to debug complex problems across multiple layers of hardware, OS, compiler, and drivers
• Knowledge of interprocessor communications, reset controller hardware and crash debug sequence
• Experience with Windows OS, Visual Studio/LLVM compiler and Windows Performance Analyzer (WPA) tools is preferred
• Experience in Compiler and JIT technologies is a plus
• Experience with optimizing for popular CPU software benchmarks is a plus
• Familiarity with ETM will be a plus
• Experience on Python/Perl will be a plus
• Assembly and C++ language experience is a plus
• Familiarity with Security Architecture in embedded systems is a plus

Benefits

• Competitive annual discretionary bonus program
• Opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus)
• Highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play