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Company Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Job Area Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering
General Summary Qualcomm is looking for talented and enthusiastic engineers with strong interests in OS, kernel and computer architecture. The Qualcomm Hypervisor team is world-leading, enabling virtualization across multiple chipset products for mobile, automotive, compute and IoT. The team is responsible for the hypervisor software layers that play a key role in platform security and performance. Qualcomm is industry leading in its adoption of virtualization technology in its Snapdragon mobile products. The team has built hypervisor and SMMU expertise and continues to develop innovative features, enhancements, and use‑cases. As a software engineer at Qualcomm, you will help develop SMMU, hypervisor and related software for the latest cutting‑edge application processors, which are embedded in a wide range of chipset products and used by many OEMs in millions of devices. The role will include interfacing with large software stacks such as Bootloaders, Linux and TrustZone – which provides the opportunity to interact with teams around the world.
Responsibilities
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 and emulation teams.
Paying attention to the details during all phases of firmware design, development, integration, testing and release – work with Emulation, HW design teams as necessary to verify and debug firmware, drivers and resolve platform issues.
Efficient and secure coding (cognizant of not exposing security exploits) 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.
Triage of software issues, defect investigation and problem resolution.
Technical documentation including APIs, manuals and user guides.
Skills That May Be Relevant
Strong understanding or experience with C.
Understanding of computer architecture, operating systems and kernels. Experience with Linux, kernel, bootloader or OS development.
ARM CPU architecture knowledge. IOMMU and ARM SMMU knowledge; hypervisors and virtualization.
Experience with multiprocessing or multithreading, concurrency, and synchronization. Writing device drivers and interfacing hardware.
Experience with secure coding.
Use of debugging tools such as GDB, Lauterbach Trace32 and understanding assembly; real‑time OS; toolchains and systems libraries (libc etc).
Python, shell scripting and Linux‑based development environment.
Good communication and presentation skills.
Test development and test automation.
Contributing to open‑source projects.
Demonstrated independent software design, good analytic and problem‑solving skills. Any automotive and functional safety experience may also be relevant.
Minimum Qualifications
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 languages such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.
Preferred Qualifications
Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field.
4+ years of Software Engineering experience.
1+ year of work experience with Git, Perforce or Source Code Management System.
Strong understanding or experience with C.
Understanding of computer architecture, operating systems and kernels. Linux, kernel, bootloader or OS development experience.
ARM CPU architecture knowledge, IOMMU and ARM SMMU knowledge, hypervisors and virtualization.
Experience with multiprocessing or multithreading, concurrency and synchronization. Writing device drivers and interfacing hardware.
Experience with secure coding.
Use of debugging tools such as GDB, Lauterbach Trace32 and understanding assembly; real‑time OS; toolchains and systems libraries (libc etc).
Python, shell scripting and Linux‑based development environment.
Good communication and presentation skills.
Test development and test automation.
Contributing to open‑source projects.
Demonstrated independent software design, good analytic and problem‑solving skills. Any automotive and functional safety experience may also be relevant.
Equal Opportunity Employer Statement 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‑accommodations@qualcomm.com or call Qualcomm's toll‑free number. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to participate in the hiring process.
Pay Range And Other Compensation & Benefits $134,800.00 – $202,200.00. 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. 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. If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.
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Staff Software Engineer - Hypervisor
role at
Qualcomm
1 day ago Be among the first 25 applicants
Company Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Job Area Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering
General Summary Qualcomm is looking for talented and enthusiastic engineers with strong interests in OS, kernel and computer architecture. The Qualcomm Hypervisor team is world-leading, enabling virtualization across multiple chipset products for mobile, automotive, compute and IoT. The team is responsible for the hypervisor software layers that play a key role in platform security and performance. Qualcomm is industry leading in its adoption of virtualization technology in its Snapdragon mobile products. The team has built hypervisor and SMMU expertise and continues to develop innovative features, enhancements, and use‑cases. As a software engineer at Qualcomm, you will help develop SMMU, hypervisor and related software for the latest cutting‑edge application processors, which are embedded in a wide range of chipset products and used by many OEMs in millions of devices. The role will include interfacing with large software stacks such as Bootloaders, Linux and TrustZone – which provides the opportunity to interact with teams around the world.
Responsibilities
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 and emulation teams.
Paying attention to the details during all phases of firmware design, development, integration, testing and release – work with Emulation, HW design teams as necessary to verify and debug firmware, drivers and resolve platform issues.
Efficient and secure coding (cognizant of not exposing security exploits) 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.
Triage of software issues, defect investigation and problem resolution.
Technical documentation including APIs, manuals and user guides.
Skills That May Be Relevant
Strong understanding or experience with C.
Understanding of computer architecture, operating systems and kernels. Experience with Linux, kernel, bootloader or OS development.
ARM CPU architecture knowledge. IOMMU and ARM SMMU knowledge; hypervisors and virtualization.
Experience with multiprocessing or multithreading, concurrency, and synchronization. Writing device drivers and interfacing hardware.
Experience with secure coding.
Use of debugging tools such as GDB, Lauterbach Trace32 and understanding assembly; real‑time OS; toolchains and systems libraries (libc etc).
Python, shell scripting and Linux‑based development environment.
Good communication and presentation skills.
Test development and test automation.
Contributing to open‑source projects.
Demonstrated independent software design, good analytic and problem‑solving skills. Any automotive and functional safety experience may also be relevant.
Minimum Qualifications
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 languages such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.
Preferred Qualifications
Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field.
4+ years of Software Engineering experience.
1+ year of work experience with Git, Perforce or Source Code Management System.
Strong understanding or experience with C.
Understanding of computer architecture, operating systems and kernels. Linux, kernel, bootloader or OS development experience.
ARM CPU architecture knowledge, IOMMU and ARM SMMU knowledge, hypervisors and virtualization.
Experience with multiprocessing or multithreading, concurrency and synchronization. Writing device drivers and interfacing hardware.
Experience with secure coding.
Use of debugging tools such as GDB, Lauterbach Trace32 and understanding assembly; real‑time OS; toolchains and systems libraries (libc etc).
Python, shell scripting and Linux‑based development environment.
Good communication and presentation skills.
Test development and test automation.
Contributing to open‑source projects.
Demonstrated independent software design, good analytic and problem‑solving skills. Any automotive and functional safety experience may also be relevant.
Equal Opportunity Employer Statement 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‑accommodations@qualcomm.com or call Qualcomm's toll‑free number. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to participate in the hiring process.
Pay Range And Other Compensation & Benefits $134,800.00 – $202,200.00. 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. 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. If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.
Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Qualcomm by 2x.
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