CPU Software Engineer

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Qualcomm India Private Limited

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Software Engineering

Qualcomm's software CPU architecture group develops long-term software roadmaps (for a horizon of three to five years). It is responsible for defining architecture specifications, developing prototypes, and engaging with the software and hardware worldwide partners to influence products development. It is also acting as an operational execution team enabling commercialization of the most up-to-date worldwide CPUs integrated in Snapdragon’s chipsets for markets such as:
Handsets, IOT devices, Automotive, Compute/Laptops, XR, etc.

Coordinate design and development of firmware of boot, debug, idle and active CPU power management. Design trade-offs for CPU software/hardware. Coordinate debugging of critical SW issues that are artifacts of any high-performance CPU microarchitecture (prefetching, speculation, memory ordering etc). Define short and long-term SW architecture roadmap in accordance with Arm’s architecture ISA evolution. Represent the CPU SW teams in engagements with Arm architects and third-party software partners (e.g., Google, MSFT, etc.).

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• 2+ years of work experience with programming language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.
• 10+ years of experience in the embedded domain to design, develop and support software solutions on multi-core ARM/CPUs with strong C/C++ programming skills.
• Embedded platforms experience including low-level drivers and firmware, kernel, and user-space components.
• Design and development of software for heterogeneous compute platforms consisting of ARMs, GPUs, DSPs, and specialized hardware accelerators in embedded SoC systems.
• Usage of JTAG or ICE debuggers. Experience in real-time SW development for embedded products.
• Hands-on experience of driver development on any RTOS.
• Detailed understanding of some SoC hardware blocks – clocks, PLLs, GPIO, interrupt controllers (GIC), peripherals (SPI/I2C/PCIE/CAN/Ethernet/USB/UFS).
• Motivated self-starter with excellent verbal and written communication skills, demonstrated ability to work with engineers/partners/customers across different geographies.
• Demonstrated experience working with senior management in a corporate environment.
• Demonstrated experience in business process streamlining and transformation that includes disciplined approach to digitized services enabling.
• Hands‑on technical lead who is not hesitant to dig into the details where needed to get first‑hand knowledge of the issues and play an active and personal role in steering team success.

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