**Company:** Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. **Job Area:** Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering **General Summary:** Qualcomm’s QCT System Software Architecture team is helping build power efficient, embedded, next-generation system-on-chip solutions to enable advanced features in areas such as Mobile, Auto, XR and VR. As member of the System Software Architecture Engineer team, the candidate will work closely with cross functional teams (system, hardware, software, platform architecture) to help build, and oversee the building of, solutions that enhance and optimize hardware and software. Tasks involved can be one or more of the following: participate in architecture discussions, help perform architectural analysis and validation, define, and validate HW/SW interfaces, develop, and optimize software solutions that exercise the full compute capability of the Qualcomm Snapdragon platform, develop end-to-end use cases that incorporate new technologies and develop & support SW drivers used in Qualcomm Snapdragon platform. The candidate will be expected to lead the development of a new technologies from end-to-end, from proposing the new hardware, working with the hardware team on the design, working with the SW teams on how best to integrate the new hardware, to the development of the drivers for the new hardware. The team supports contributing to the following technical area’s ARM , DSP and RISC-V, System Cache, AI Infra SW, Signaling/IPC/IPCC, Computing and ML Use cases, SMMU, Exclusive Monitors, Far Atomics, Coherency, Memory Ordering, Memory Management, Memory Map, Virtualization **Skills/experience:** + Solid knowledge on System SW + Solid knowledge on CPU/MMU/Cache/IOMMU architecture + Experience with Linux kernel device driver development + Experience with Linux Memory Management Software + Experience with real time OS + Experience with Embedded Software + Experience with Firmware development + Excellent in logical programming using C/C++/Assembly/Scripting + Experience working in a large organization. + Strong analytical and problem-solving skills + Good planning, time management, decision-making, presentation, and organization skills + Effective written and verbal communication + Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills **Minimum Qualifications:** • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience. OR Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Software Engineering or related work experience. OR PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field. • 2+ years of academic or work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc. **Preferred Qualifications:** + Master's Degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science or related field. + 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience. + 2+ years of experience with Database Management Software. + 2+ years of experience with API. + 1+ year of work experience with Git, Perforce, or Source Code Management System. **Principal Duties and Responsibilities:** + Applies Software knowledge and experience to design, develop, create, modify, and validate embedded and cloud edge software, applications, and/or specialized utility programs. + Analyzes user needs and software requirements to design and customize software for optimal operational efficiency. + Designs and implements software modules for products and systems. + Participates in the design, coding for large features, unit testing, significant debugging fixes, and integration efforts to ensure projects are completed to specifications and schedules. + Performs code reviews and regression tests as well as triages and fixes issues to ensure the quality of code. + Collaborates with others inside project team to accomplish project objectives. + Writes technical documentation for Software projects. **Level of Responsibility:** The candidate needs to participate in driver development in various environments; for example: Linux Kernel, Embedded FW Cores and DSP used for ML & Audio Processing. Engineers on this team work with hardware designers for requirements specification on new platform features. They will define SW interfaces and develop early drivers/framework enhancements to validate proof of concept. Engineers will also work with Software Engineers to optimize or design drivers in various environments. The candidate will oversee the delivering of SW drivers in various environment; for example: Linux Kernel, Embedded FW Cores, and DSP used for ML & Audio Processing. This involved working with cross functional teams into successfully executing on the technology roadmaps which help to maintain Qualcomm leadership in these core technologies. **Education requirements:** + Bachelor’s in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field. + A Master’s degree in computer science/EE is desirable but not mandatory. + A PhD is a plus Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. 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