Job Description

Company:

Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary:

This position offers hands-on system embedded Linux software design and development to bring the next generation of Qualcomm Snapdragon products in Automotive ADAS and Infotainment working with multiple technology teams, Tier1s, OEMs and industry partners. The engineer will be involved in the next generation of embedded automotive software for Linux-based automotive solutions. In this role, there will be opportunities across the software stack including application boot loaders, kernel, user spaces such as Android and real-time Linux enabling full capabilities of Qualcomm Snapdragon hardware.  The job will involve in optimizing and improving the performance for linux system, understand the core of linux design principles and design to be adapt in open source community. Design with safety and security from start for meeting the challenges of Automotive requirements. The engineer will work closely with cross-functional teams across multiple locations to define and implement complete solutions.  Work assignments require theoretical and practical knowledge in the areas of C/C++ programming and real-time operating systems, along with power and performance expertise on embedded systems.  The candidate should also be familiar with embedded system hardware and board design. Experience with multimedia, vehicle network or external module peripherals are welcome.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 5+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.

• 3+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with ISO 26262 and Functional Safety processes
• C/C++ programming skills and a good understanding of Data Structures and Algorithms, Object Oriented Design and Programming
• Strong SoC Architecture, Kernel, driver, Memory management, Hypervisor, Virtualization, OS and Hardware platform knowledge
• ARM processors and/or embedded software development on mobile devices or Automotive platforms
• The candidate should have a solid understanding of computer architecture
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and teamwork skills
• 5+ Years professional work experience in embedded/automotive software and/or driver development on ARM SoCs on Linux/Android etc.
• 5+ years experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Python, etc.
• 5+ Years experience with architectural capability analysis in addressing system design challenges such as multi-OS virtualization and multi-domain boot architecture
• 5+ Years experience with low level software/hardware interface design and debugging.
• 2+ Years experience with industry standard software development tools: HSW/HE debuggers, code revision control systems (GIT, Perforce), IDEs and build tools.
• Prior experience with Qualcomm software platforms is a big plus
• Experience in coordination with multiple technology teams, program and product teams, and test engineering
• Experience in bottoms-up and top-down design based on analysis of E2E use cases
• Experience with software development processes such as Automotive SPICE/CMM/ASIL-A
• Experience in system performance estimation (eg. bandwidth, memory, power) and characterization for concurrent use cases
• Excellent oral and written communication skills to work with developers across the different sites

Roles/Responsibilities:

• Software design, development and integration of kernel and system level (safe or non-safe). You will develop system level functionality safety related software used across a wide range of chipset products
• Design an optimized and improved performance system that support Automotive grade ADAS and IVI multimedia drivers and applications.
• Working with power and performance analysis teams to identify performance bottlenecks and implement optimizations.
• This role includes software design and development, debugging and testing Linux software.
• Development/testing will involve enabling new end to end use cases for Automotive ADAS/IVI system.
• Debug and fix complex problems involving multiple modules from Linux and different virtual machine framework and containers.
• Understand the industry standards for open sources, and participate in upstream community
• Technical documentation including API development

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:

$162,600.00 - $244,000.00

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.

If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.

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