Senior Engineer - Core Platform Bootloader

Company:
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Job Area:
Engineering Group >
Software Engineering

General

Summary:

You will be part of the Core Platform boot loader team enabling diverse Qualcomm SoCs to boot all the way from ROM firmware till OS entry. This team works on multiple stages of system initialization, secure boot and authentication, platform and device configurations, execution environment enablement across new emerging CPU architectures, enabling latest industry tuned peripherals and interfaces, multicore and multithreaded scheduler based boot initializations, next‑gen volatile (DDRx) and non‑volatile memory (UFS, NVMe, eMMC, NAND, SPI‑NOR, etc) device and interfaces (USB, PCIe) initiations and device driver development.

You are expected to collaborate closely with a team of engineers from multiple SW and firmware technology teams, besides product verification, system, architecture, tools and test teams, to instrument the firmware features and meet the myriad use cases for Qualcomm internal, OEM customization and commercialization. You will be a highly motivated engineer, a team player who is passionate to learn new technologies and write low level firmware that drives hardware and SoC.

You are expected to be comfortable engaging with open source communities. Prior active open source firmware development is a plus.

• Design, development and integration of SoC firmware features, diagnostics and test capabilities for QCT boot platforms.
• Strong coordination and collaboration across a wide range of technical areas to include software, hardware, ASIC, integration, architecture, emulation and simulation teams.
• Drive S/W architecture changes with open source communities based on Qualcomm H/W requirements.
• Pay attention to the details during all phases of firmware design, development, integration, testing and release.
• Work with Virtual Platforms, Emulation platforms, HW simulation platforms, HW design teams, as necessary, in verifying and debugging firmware, driver and resolving platform issues.
• Efficient and secure (i.e., cognizant of not exposing security exploits) coding plus driving code review of firmware logic updates with all required stakeholders.
• On time execution of defined tasks and deliverables, driving dependencies with other teams to closure.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• Master’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
• 2+ years of academic or work experience with programming languages such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

• 4+ years of experience with embedded systems.
• C Programming.
• Device Driver development.
• Strong communication skills.
• Strong collaborative skills working with multiple teams.

• Chip/SoC on‑target, virtual platform, emulation and simulation platform bringup and debug experience.
• Highly proficient in C, with a focus on system initialization and low‑level code.
• Proficiency in Rust is a plus.
• Good analytical, debugging and problem solving skills.
• ARM microprocessor architecture and ARM Assembly language experience in the “A” profile.
• Experience with RISC‑V is a plus.
• Good understanding of basic real‑time/embedded programming, resource‑constrained environments, and operating system loaders.
• Open Source boot loader and firmware experiences – UEFI Tianocore EDK2, coreboot, uboot, TF‑A, Zephyr RTOS.

• Required:
  
  Bachelor’s, Computer Engineering and/or Computer Science and/or Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Preferred:
  Master’s, Computer Engineering and/or Computer Science and/or Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience.

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