Staff Software Design/Development Engineer (Firmware for Machine Learning Accelerator) - Boulder, Colorado or San Diego

Qualcomm • Boulder, CO

126d • $121,400 - $202,200

About The Position

Qualcomm is looking for an experienced software developer to work within an existing team to add firmware support for machine learning Edge and Datacenter use cases. The development target is Qualcomm's next generation high-performance inference accelerator.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience.
• OR Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience.
• OR PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience.
• 2+ years of experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.
• 1+ year of experience with debugging techniques.

Nice To Haves

• Familiar with high speed interfaces such as PCIe and LPDDR.
• Familiar with implementing systems with high reliability expectations such as use of ECC, PCI AER fields.
• Familiar with low speed interfaces such as I2C, SPI, SPMI, AVSBus & PMBus.
• Familiar working with software running on Qualcomm's QuRT RTOS (ARM Cortex-A CPU's and Hexagon DSPs).
• Familiar with Qualcomm's Core Software infrastructure e.g. Glink, QDSS, SOC power control algorithms such as dynamic frequency/voltage scaling.
• Experience working with and familiarity with important SOC building blocks like interrupt controller & timers.

Responsibilities

• Add firmware support for machine learning Edge and Datacenter use cases.
• Develop board support packages and device drivers.
• Work with RTOS, secure boot, and trust-zone.
• Manage low-speed peripheral interfaces (I2C/SPI/UART).
• Handle chipset power blocks and clock tree management.
• Implement PCIe and efficient data movement using DMA.

Benefits

• Competitive annual discretionary bonus program.
• Opportunity for annual RSU grants.
• Comprehensive benefits package designed to support success at work, at home, and at play.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree