Company: Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc.
Job Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group
Software Engineering
General Summary:
Qualcomm is looking for software engineers to develop tools for embedded software development. In this role you will utilize your experience with software and scripting languages and UI packages to develop innovative SDK and IDE features to enable 3rd parties to deploy high-performance and low-power embedded multimedia and AI algorithms to the DSPs in our SoC platforms. We’re looking for hands-on engineers with expertise and passion in building open, modular, and scalable solutions using TypeScript/JavaScript, Python and C/C++ programming languages for Visual Studio Code, Eclipse Theia, IntelliJ CLion, and other development environments.
The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field,
The ideal candidate will have experience in:
- Python, JavaScript, Typescript, or shell scripting
- UI development with Angular, React.js, Node.js, etc.
- Git or other source control tools
- CMake or other build systems
- Test automation and continuous integration
- Operating Systems and inter-processor communications
- Embedded software development
- Computer architecture
- Multimedia software development experience on Android, Windows or Linux
The responsibilities of this role include:
- Architect, design and develop SDK and IDE features and extensions
- Maintain code repositories and build systems.
- Built state of the art embedded profiling and debugging frameworks .
- Offsite and occasional onsite work with OEMs and Independent Software Vendors may be required
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+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
- 2+ years of experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
- 2+ years of experience with Database Management Software.
- 2+ years of experience with API.
- 2+ years of experience working in a large matrixed organization.
- 1+ years of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership (e.g., Director level and above).
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
- Completes assigned coding tasks to specifications on time without significant errors or bugs.
- Adapts to changes and setbacks in order to manage pressure and meet deadlines.
- Collaborates with others inside project team to accomplish project objectives.
- Communicates with project lead to provide status and information about impending obstacles.
- Quickly resolves complex software issues and bugs.
- Gathers, integrates, and interprets information specific to a module or sub-block of code from a variety of sources in order to troubleshoot issues and find solutions.
- Seeks others’ opinions and shares own opinions with others about ways in which a problem can be addressed differently.
- Participates in technical conversations with tech leads/managers.
- Anticipates and communicates issues with project team to maintain open communication.
- Makes decisions based on incomplete or changing specifications and obtains adequate resources needed to complete assigned tasks.
- Prioritizes project deadlines and deliverables with minimal supervision.
- Resolves straightforward technical issues and escalates more complex technical issues to an appropriate party (e.g., project lead, colleagues).
- Writes readable code for large features or significant bug fixes to support collaboration with other engineers.
- Determines which work tasks are most important for self and junior engineers, stays focused, and deals with setbacks in a timely manner.
- Unit tests own code to verify the stability and functionality of a feature.
Level of Responsibility:
- Working under some supervision.
- Making decisions that are moderate in impact; errors may have relatively minor financial impact or effect on projects, operations, or customer relationships; errors may require involvement beyond immediate work group to correct.
- Using verbal and written communication skills to convey information that may be somewhat complex to others who may have limited knowledge of the subject in question. May require basic negotiation and influence, cooperation, tact, and diplomacy, etc.
- Having a moderate amount of influence over key organizational decisions (e.g., is consulted by senior leadership to provide input on key decisions).
- Completing tasks with multiple steps that can be performed in various orders; some planning and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively; mistakes may result in some rework.
- Exercising creativity to draft original documents, imagery, or work products within established guidelines.
- Using deductive and inductive problem solving; multiple approaches may be taken/necessary to solve the problem; often information is missing or incomplete; intermediate data analysis/interpretation skills may be required.
- May be solicited during strategic planning period.
The responsibilities of this role do not include:
- Financial accountability (e.g., does not involve budgeting responsibility).
Qualcomm is committed to hiring and supporting individuals with disabilities. Although this role has some expected physical activity, an inability to perform one or more of the listed physical requirements should not deter otherwise qualified applicants from applying. We will work with you throughout the application and onboarding process to provide reasonable accommodations. Examples of expected physical activity include: frequently transporting between offices, buildings, and campuses up to ½ mile; frequently transporting and installing equipment up to 5 lbs; performing tasks at various heights (e.g., standing or sitting); monitoring and utilizing computers and test equipment for more than 6 hours a day; and continuous communication which includes the comprehension of information with colleagues, customers, and vendors both in person and remotely.
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