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San Diego, California, United States • On-site
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Design, develop, and optimize embedded software systems for secure government platforms. Collaborate with cross-functional teams and customers to drive product integration and provide technical expertise in system design.
Requires a degree in Engineering or Computer Science with at least 4-6 years of embedded systems experience. Must be a US citizen eligible for a Top Secret security clearance.
We are seeking an experienced embedded software engineer to join our team in a Customer Engineering (CE) role. The CE team is a cross-functional team that requires strong software development skills in addition to comprehensive communication, documentation and customer interaction competencies. This position has an emphasis on embedded software development tasking but also includes work on various phases of the product integration cycle including authoring technical documentation, collaborating with test and system engineering teams, and working closely with partners and customers to provide expertise in system design and integration. This role is ideal for someone with a strong background in embedded software development but also enjoys the challenges and rewards of working directly with multiple teams to drive customer integration of QGOV products to ensure adoption by end users.
Must be a U.S. citizen and eligible to receive a U.S. Government security clearance
Design, develop, and optimize embedded software systems
Collaborate across teams to integrate features into secure government platforms
Analyze and debug complex issues across the software stack from bootloader to application layers
Develop comprehensive engineer-level documentation
Interface with customers and end users, including presenting at technical exchange meetings
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
6+ years of experience in embedded systems with a focus on any of the following subsystems: modem, BSP/bootloader, networking, compute/AI/Machine Vision, multimedia (camera, audio), platform security, virtualization
Extensive experience on any of the following embedded platforms: mobile, robotics, automotive
Extensive experience on any of the following software platforms: Android, Linux, QNX, microkernels/RTOS
Expertise in the following languages: C/C++, Python
Experience in creating engineering documentation and presentations
Comfortable explaining complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
Must be a US Citizen
Must be eligible to obtain a Top Secret security clearance
Must be available for limited travel
8+ years of experience in embedded systems with a focus on any of the following subsystems: modem, BSP/bootloader, networking, compute/AI/Machine Vision, multimedia (camera, audio), platform security, virtualization
Deep expertise with the Linux kernel including modifying device tree and kernel configurations
Experience writing Linux kernel drivers
Experience with bash scripting, makefile and CMake
Working knowledge of common embedded communication protocols (e.g. USB, PCIE, SPI, I2C, etc)
Working knowledge of hardware principles including reading device schematics
Knowledge of 3GPP specifications and modem architecture
Prior experience working with government or defense-related systems
Experience in delivering presentations or demos to customers
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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:
$162,600.00 - $244,000.00The 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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