Qualcomm
Company: Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc.
Job Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering
General Summary: Qualcomm is looking for Zephyr RTOS developers to join a new team that will be driving Qualcomm’s open-source Zephyr software for either in-person or remote roles.
We seek strategic thinkers with a deep technical understanding of Zephyr and related open-source projects who have made significant contributions to the upstream project. Ideal candidates have technical leadership roles in the upstream community, such as being maintainers, collaborators, or release managers. They will also be excited by the opportunity to bring about meaningful organizational change in Qualcomm’s open-source strategy and execution. Candidates with excellent communication skills will be given greater consideration.
As Senior Staff engineer, you will report to the Principal Engineer managing the Zephyr team on Qualcomm’s Open-Source Tech Team (OSTT). You will be a technical leader and contributor to a new upstream-focused, cross-platform, developer-first, unified, open-source, Zephyr-based firmware development platform for Qualcomm SoCs. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact on our business and contribute to our company's growth.
Roles and Responsibilities
Help build and maintain a scalable platform that allows Qualcomm to deliver common core software into a public shared mainline for Zephyr-based software development
Maintain upstream Zephyr RTOS target support for Qualcomm platforms
Work with OSS & upstream initiatives within the Qualcomm Central Software Engineering (CSE) team to improve general software quality
Represent the company at industry events and conferences
Mentor and build open-source expertise within Qualcomm
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 5+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
3+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.
Qualifications
Experience in open-source software development in the Zephyr Project community
Expertise in a low-level language like C, C++, or Assembly and a high-level language such as Python, Go, or Rust
Strong understanding of embedded software and the Zephyr Project software ecosystem
Ability to work cross-functionally with product and engineering teams
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or equivalent professional experience
Based in the Americas (North or South) or EU in a country with an existing Qualcomm legal presence
Willingness to travel globally as needed (likely several times per year)
Preferred Qualifications
Generalists: used to fighting fires, doing deep surgery on legacy code bases, reviewing code
CI and test infrastructure, in particular GitHub Actions and automated hardware validation labs
Wi-Fi and/or networking
Bluetooth
Low-level architecture support (e.g. RISC-V, Arm)
The Zephyr build system and hardware model v2
Zephyr drivers for common on-chip peripherals (SPI, I2C, watchdogs, etc.)
Security (secure boot, MCUboot, mbedTLS, and other core platform security features and related projects)
Power management
Pay range And Other Compensation & Benefits $162,600.00 - $244,000.00
The 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 link.
If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.
Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e-mail disability-accomodations@qualcomm.com or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found here. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities. (Keep in mind that this email address is used to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. We will not respond here to requests for updates on applications or resume inquiries).
EEO Employer: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification.
Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.
#J-18808-Ljbffr
We seek strategic thinkers with a deep technical understanding of Zephyr and related open-source projects who have made significant contributions to the upstream project. Ideal candidates have technical leadership roles in the upstream community, such as being maintainers, collaborators, or release managers. They will also be excited by the opportunity to bring about meaningful organizational change in Qualcomm’s open-source strategy and execution. Candidates with excellent communication skills will be given greater consideration.
As Senior Staff engineer, you will report to the Principal Engineer managing the Zephyr team on Qualcomm’s Open-Source Tech Team (OSTT). You will be a technical leader and contributor to a new upstream-focused, cross-platform, developer-first, unified, open-source, Zephyr-based firmware development platform for Qualcomm SoCs. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact on our business and contribute to our company's growth.
Roles and Responsibilities
Help build and maintain a scalable platform that allows Qualcomm to deliver common core software into a public shared mainline for Zephyr-based software development
Maintain upstream Zephyr RTOS target support for Qualcomm platforms
Work with OSS & upstream initiatives within the Qualcomm Central Software Engineering (CSE) team to improve general software quality
Represent the company at industry events and conferences
Mentor and build open-source expertise within Qualcomm
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 5+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
3+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.
Qualifications
Experience in open-source software development in the Zephyr Project community
Expertise in a low-level language like C, C++, or Assembly and a high-level language such as Python, Go, or Rust
Strong understanding of embedded software and the Zephyr Project software ecosystem
Ability to work cross-functionally with product and engineering teams
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or equivalent professional experience
Based in the Americas (North or South) or EU in a country with an existing Qualcomm legal presence
Willingness to travel globally as needed (likely several times per year)
Preferred Qualifications
Generalists: used to fighting fires, doing deep surgery on legacy code bases, reviewing code
CI and test infrastructure, in particular GitHub Actions and automated hardware validation labs
Wi-Fi and/or networking
Bluetooth
Low-level architecture support (e.g. RISC-V, Arm)
The Zephyr build system and hardware model v2
Zephyr drivers for common on-chip peripherals (SPI, I2C, watchdogs, etc.)
Security (secure boot, MCUboot, mbedTLS, and other core platform security features and related projects)
Power management
Pay range And Other Compensation & Benefits $162,600.00 - $244,000.00
The 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 link.
If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.
Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e-mail disability-accomodations@qualcomm.com or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found here. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities. (Keep in mind that this email address is used to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. We will not respond here to requests for updates on applications or resume inquiries).
EEO Employer: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification.
Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.
#J-18808-Ljbffr