Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Applications Engineering

General Summary:

Join our PCIe software team as a Staff Embedded Software Customer Engineer and play a pivotal role in advancing high-performance interconnect technologies.

In this role, you will:

• Collaborate on server-class PCIe/CXL controllers and multi-controller subsystems.
• Review customer requirements and implement customer-specific features in both software and hardware.
• Lead customer board bring-up and validation.
• Debug firmware and drivers at subsystem, chiplet, and multi-chiplet levels, with a primary focus on PCIe and CXL subsystems.
• Work closely with software development, hardware design and validation, and testing teams, as well as adjacent technology teams in the BSP area.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience. OR
  Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience.
  OR
  PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience.

• 2+ years of experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

• 1+ year of experience with debugging techniques.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, embedded systems, or firmware/driver development, with strong exposure to PCIe and/or CXL subsystems.
• 3+ years of academic or professional programming experience with C, C++, Python, Java, or similar languages
• Deep, hands-on expertise in CXL and PCIe technologies.
• Strong proficiency in C programming.
• Experience with real-time operating systems and embedded platforms.
• Familiarity with ACPI, UEFI, Linux, and Zephyr.
• Proven ability to write standards-compliant software.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across diverse engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze and resolve issues in firmware and drivers for PCIe and CXL subsystems.
• Ensure firmware and low-level software compliance with industry standards and effective integration with adjacent software modules.
• Debug complex customer problems, providing engineering guidance, debug logging, and code-level solutions.
• Communicate effectively with software development and hardware design/validation teams to drive issue resolution.
• Engage deeply with customers to support board modifications and software feature integration, ensuring successful commercialization from bring-up to launch.

Level of Responsibility:

• Works under supervision, with decision-making that may impact work beyond the immediate group.
• Requires strong verbal and written communication skills, including negotiation and influence as needed.
• Tasks require planning, problem-solving, and prioritization to achieve effective outcomes.

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:

$145,000.00 - $217,600.00

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 this link.

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