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General Summary:
Qualcomm is the industry leader in mobile communication technology and the largest fabless semiconductor company in the world. This is an opportunity to design, develop, and commercialize embedded software that powers the majority of mobile devices on the market today. You will both learn and contribute to new mobile technologies while working alongside global hardware and software teams within Qualcomm and with customers worldwide.
As part of the DSP Platform Software Team, you will develop embedded software across all levels of the stack on Qualcomm Snapdragon processors. This includes designing and implementing inter-processor communication, memory management mechanisms, execution environments, concurrency management, and other software frameworks that enable DSP acceleration for machine learning inference, computer vision, image/video processing, sensors, IoT, automotive, audio, and more.
We are looking for enthusiastic, versatile, and self-motivated engineers who are ready to take on exciting technical challenges and grow into system-level contributors.
Up to 10 years' experience encouraged to apply
Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.Principal Duties and Responsibilities
Develop and validate embedded DSP software features in C/C++ for real-time systems.
Participate in the design and implementation of inter-processor communication and memory management mechanisms.
Assist in debugging, profiling, and optimizing software for performance and power efficiency.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate DSP software into broader system frameworks.
Contribute to code reviews, regression testing, and issue triage to ensure software quality.
Write technical documentation for software components and development processes.
Preferred Qualifications
Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
1+ years of experience with programming languages such as C, C++, Java, Python.
Experience and interest in embedded debugging, profiling, and performance optimization.
Solid background in computer architecture and real-time operating systems.
Familiarity with multi-threaded programming and hardware driver development.
Exposure to inter-processor communication and multimedia software development on Android, Windows, or Linux.
Versatile attitude to learn new languages, architectures, and operating systems.
Self-motivated and able to work independently.
Level of Responsibility
Works under supervision.
Decision-making affects direct area of work and/or work group.
Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey basic, routine factual information.
Tasks require multiple steps which can be performed in various orders; some planning, problem-solving, and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively.
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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:
$94,200.00 - $141,200.00The 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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