Firmware Development Engineer, Sr. Staff

## \nCompany:\n\nQualcomm Technologies, Inc.\n\n## Job Area:\n\nEngineering Group, Engineering Group \u003e Software Engineering\n\nGeneral Summary:\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n\n * BS/BEng in Electrical, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science (or equivalent professional experience) with 5 years\u0027 experience in embedded firmware development\n\n * Self-starter who takes initiative and brings technical leadership\n\n * Proficient writing and debugging C and assembly\n\n * Driver development experience in RTOS or OS Kernel environments \n\n * Demonstrated development experience with embedded OSes such as Zephyr, eCos, uC/OS or FreeRTOS\n\n * Experience developing for pre-silicon environments including simulators and FPGA emulation\n\n * Experience defining interprocessor communication interfaces between embedded controllers and the platform\n\n * Familiarity with ARM v8 architecture. Development experience for a ARMV8 platform is a plus.\n\n\n\n\nPrincipal Duties and Responsibilities:\n\n * Drive the firmware design, implementation and verification, in pre-silicon and post-silicon environments.\n\n * Assist in the definition Power Management solutions for future generation of Qualcomm CPUs.\n\n * Actively engage with open-source communities to contribute support for processor architectures, device drivers, and firmware features\n\n * Assist in identifying skills requirements and in hiring engineers, collaborating with other teams on platform bring-up/debug/diags, firmware lifecycle, etc.\n\n\n\n\nLevel of Responsibility:\n\n\u2022 Works independently with minimal supervision. \n\n\u2022 Decision-making is significant in nature and affects work beyond immediate work group.\n\n\u2022 Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey information. May require basic negotiation, influence, tact, etc.\n\n\u2022 Has a moderate amount of influence over key organizational decisions (e.g., is consulted by senior leadership to make key decisions).\n\n\u2022 Tasks often require multiple steps which can be performed in various orders; extensive planning, problem-solving, and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively.\n\nAdditional Job Description:\n\nAs a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what\u0027s possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all.\n\nAs a CPU Power Management FW Developer, you are responsible for working with a team on the enablement of the power management solution for Qualcomm\u0027s custom CPUs. You will collaborate internally to help define and implement embedded firmware to manage the power and performance for the CPU subsystem within Qualcomm SoCs across many verticals. You will also participate in various other aspects of the management controller firmware development, including power management, boot, RAS, debug, security and runtime services.\n\nIn CPU Power Management FW developer role, you will be working closely both with the hardware power management and firmware development teams. You will have an opportunity to engage with third parties on enablement of new platforms, as well as providing input to our SoC and platform architects on future designs.\n\nMinimum Qualifications:\n\n\u2022 Bachelor\u0027s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience. \nOR \nMaster\u0027s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 5+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience. \nOR \nPhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience. \n \n\u2022 3+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.\n\nNew Headcount\n\nQualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. 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Qualcomm is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes/applications.\n\nEEO Employer: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification.\n\nQualcomm 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.\n\nPay range and Other Compensation \u0026 Benefits: \n\n$180,600.00 - $271,000.00\n\nThe 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 \u2013 and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.\n\nIf you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.\n