CPU Software Engineer Senior

Job Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary:

Qualcomms QCT System Software Architecture team is helping build power efficient, embedded, next-generation system-on-chip solutions to enable advanced features in areas such as Mobile, Auto, XR and VR. As a senior member of the System Software Architecture Engineer team, the candidate will work closely with cross functional teams (system, hardware, software, platform architecture) to help build, and oversee the building of, solutions that enhance and optimize hardware and software. Tasks involved can be one or more of the following:participate in architecture discussions, help perform architectural analysis and validation, define, and validate HW/SW interfaces, develop, and optimize software solutions that exercise the full compute capability of the Qualcomm Snapdragon platform, develop end-to-end use cases that incorporate new technologies and develop & support SW drivers used in Qualcomm Snapdragon platform. The candidate will be expected to lead the development of a new technologies from end-to-end, from proposing the new hardware, working with the hardware team on the design, working with the SW teams on how best to integrate the new hardware, to the development of the drivers for the new hardware. The team supports contributing to the following technical areas ARM , DSP and RISC-V, System Cache, AI Infra SW, Signaling/IPC/IPCC, Computing and ML Use cases, SMMU, Exclusive Monitors, Far Atomics, Coherency, Memory Ordering, Memory Management, Memory Map, Virtualization

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.

OR
Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Software Engineering or related work experience.

OR
PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.

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

Skills/experience:

Solid knowledge on System SW

Solid knowledge on CPU/MMU/Cache/IOMMU architecture

Experience with Linux kernel device driver development

Experience with Linux Memory Management Software

Experience with real time OS

Experience with Embedded Software

Experience with Firmware development

Excellent in logical programming using C/C++/Assembly/Scripting

Experience working in a large organization.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Good planning, time management, decision-making, presentation, and organization skills

Effective written and verbal communication

Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills

Work Experiences:

3-5 years Software Engineering, Computer Architecture , Systems Engineering, or related work experience.

Responsibilities:

The candidate needs to participate in driver development in various environments; for example:Linux Kernel, Embedded FW Cores and DSP used for ML & Audio Processing. Engineers on this teamwork work with hardware designers for requirements specification on new platform features. They will define SW interfaces and develop early drivers/framework enhancements to validate proof of concept. Engineers will also work with Software Engineers to optimize or design drivers in various environments. The candidate will oversee the delivering of SW drivers in various environment; for example:Linux Kernel, Embedded FW Cores, and DSP used for ML & Audio Processing. The Candidate will also work on contributing or leading platform architecture area in defining and executing on long term roadmaps in the area key technology areas that we work on. This involved leading cross functional teams into successfully executing on the technology roadmaps which help to maintain Qualcomm leadership in these core technologies.

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