Qualcomm Cloud Firmware Engineer - Cork 

Ireland, Cork 

406575929

QT Technologies Ireland Limited

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

About the role

The ideal candidates should have a background in embedded software development, in a range between 2 and 6 years of experience in any of: Board Support Packages (BSP), Device driver development, RTOS, Secure Boot, Trust-zone, Low-speed peripheral interfaces (I2C/SPI/UART), Chipset power blocks, Clock tree management, PCIe and efficient data movement using DMA, Embedded Linux development.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Design, develop and maintain software for Qualcomm SOCs and Edge Devices

• Design, develop and maintain device drivers and boot loaders for embedded systems

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop and test embedded systems software

• Troubleshoot and debug software issues in embedded systems

• Work with hardware engineers to ensure software and hardware compatibility

• Embedded Linux software development, processes and documentation is a plus

Must have

• You must be able to code in C to a high standard

eneficial to have:

• Experience with software feature design

• Experience with software development in C/C++ including unit-test, performance analysis, code coverage, static analysis

• (For Senior positions) Experience mentoring other software developers

• Experience using GNU/LLVM tools on embedded platforms using stop-mode debug tools such as JTAG/SWD

• Experience working with BSP development including device driver development, board-bring-up, RTOS’s, secure boot & trust zone

• Experience with development of peripheral drivers.

• Knowledge of RTOS, SoC architecture (core, cache, memory, bus architecture, IOs, etc.) and common hardware blocks and multi-threaded programming

• Experience with Source Code and Configuration management tools such as git/Gerrit

• Willingness to work in a structured software development environment with ability to work on low-level implementation (code & test)

• Willingness to work in a high-caliber international/multi-site team

• Good English communication (written and verbal) and positive interpersonal skills

Desirable Skills and Aptitudes:

• Familiar with high-speed interfaces such as PCIe, LPDDR, USB

• Familiar with implementing Reliability, Accessibility and Serviceability (RAS) through use of technologies such as ECC, IPMI & PCI AER fields.

• Familiar with low speed interfaces such as I2C, SPI, SPMI, and SMBus

• Familiar with on-chip middleware for communication, logging and power control

• Experience working with and familiarity with important microprocessor building blocks like microprocessor execution levels, interrupt controller & timers

• Software development and debug tools including compilers, profilers, source control systems, emulators, JTAG and serial debuggers, and logic analyzers

• Familiarity with build and development for Embedded Linux through use of tools such as Yocto, Buildroot or OpenEmbedded

• Familiarity with the upstream Linux kernel community and the Linux kernel development process

Where you will be working

A gateway to Europe, Cork airport provides access to almost 50 international destinations including transatlantic air routes.

What's on Offer

Apart from working in an open, relaxed and collaborative space, you will enjoy:

• Salary, stock and performance related bonus

• Maternity/Paternity Leave

• Employee stock purchase scheme

• Matching pension scheme

• Education Assistance

• Relocation and immigration support (if needed)

• Life, Medical, Income and Travel Insurance

• Subsidised memberships for physical and mental well-being

• Bicycle purchase scheme

• Employee run clubs, including, running, football, chess, badminton + many more

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.

*References to a particular number of years experience are for indicative purposes only. Applications from candidates with equivalent experience will be considered, provided that the candidate can demonstrate an ability to fulfill the principal duties of the role and possesses the required competencies.

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.