#Software Engineer - Kernel Services

Qualcomm
San Diego, CA, United States
about 2 months ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Starter
Experience required
0 years minimum
Compensation
$94,200.0 - $141,200.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Microsoft Windows Artificial Intelligence ARM Architecture C++ (Programming Language) Cloud Computing Information Systems Microarchitecture Data Structures Software Debugging Linux Embedded Software FreeRTOS
+4 more
Python (Programming Language) QNX (Software) Software Engineering Information Technology

Job description

Qualcomm is seeking an embedded software engineer with 0 to 3 years of experience for the Core Platform Kernel Services Software team.

The Core Platform Kernel Services software team develops and deploys drivers and Kernel Services responsible for achieving System level Debug, Diagnostic, and IPC to multiple subsystems on Qualcomm SOCs. These SOCs serve customers across the Mobile Handset, Compute, Automotive, XR/AR, Cloud AI, IoT and IIOT market segments. The team owns, maintains and develops drivers across multiple operating systems including, QuRT OS, Windows, Linux, QNX, FreeRTOS, Zephyr among others.

The multiple number of drivers and Services constantly evolve and find utility in various applications across multiple tiers of application across chipsets. The team works actively with OEMs, ODMs, Carriers, OS providers, etc. to perform requirements analysis towards catering to new and complex use cases on a regular basis. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to contribute significantly to all stages of software development, documentation, design, implementation and testing.

The opportunity to significantly contribute to a team that is central to every chipset that Qualcomm produces puts a great deal of responsibility to deliver high quality and highly performing solutions on a regular basis. The successful candidate should have a growth mindset willing to constantly learn new technologies and adapt to new requirements from evolving use cases. It is an expectation from all successful candidates to innovate and efficiently productize these innovations to achieve market differentiation across our product families.

Requirements

Do you have experience in Windows?, * Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.

Preferred Qualifications: Ideal candidates will demonstrate the following:

  • Experience in C and data structures, especially in embedded systems
  • Familiar with ARM CoreSight architecture will be a plus.
  • Good understanding of CPU Architecture
  • Able to debug complex problems across multiple layers of hardware, OS, compiler, and drivers
  • Familiarity with ETM will be a plus.
  • Experience on Python will be a plus.
  • Assembly and C++ language experience is a plus.

Benefits & conditions

4.04.0 out of 5 stars San Diego, CA $94,200 - $141,200 a year, Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.

Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits : $94,200.00 - $141,200.00

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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Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

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