Qualcomm Embedded DSP/NPU Software Engineer 

China, Shanghai 

740062408

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

Qualcomm is looking for software engineers to develop embedded platform software for CPU and DSP/NPU processors and hardware engines comprising its SoC portfolio for mobile, automotive, compute, and other markets. In this role you will utilize your solid foundation in embedded software development, operating systems, and drivers to deploy platform software for complex AI and multimedia and use cases running on our SoC’s.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field, and 3+ years experience in:

• Embedded real-time sw development skills(C/C++)

• Programming in C/C+• Operating Systems and multi-threaded programming

• Hardware drivers

• Developing, debugging, profiling, and optimizing for embedded real-time environments.

• Inter-processor communications

• Computer architecture

• Multimedia software development experience on Android, Windows or Linux

• Shell/Python scripting

• Test automation and software integration

The responsibilities of this role include:

• Architect, design and develop multimedia frameworks across the processors available on the SoC.

• Develop high-performance system drivers for compute resources.

• Work closely with our global team to integrate, test, and commercially support our embedded software.

• 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.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science or related field.

• 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.

• 2+ years of experience with API.

• 2+ years of experience working in a large matrixed organization.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Gathers, integrates, and interprets information across sub-systems from a variety of sources in order to troubleshoot issues and find solutions.

• Serves as a technical expert within area of focus.

• Identifies gaps in design, effort, etc., and closes the gaps.

• Identifies risks associated with designs, approaches, and other work efforts.

• Collaborates with others inside and outside of project team to accomplish project objectives.

• Solves complex technical problems that affect significant areas of product.

• Makes decisions based on incomplete, contradictory, and ambiguous requirements and information that affect policies and multiple teams in the software development process.

• Manages project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables for larger projects.

• Acts as a tech lead on projects and owns the outcome of the project.

• Leads others with technical credibility.

Level of Responsibility:

• Working independently with little supervision.

• Making decisions that are significant in impact; errors are not readily apparent due to the complexity of work process/product or time between decisions and results; errors typically result in significant expenditure of time, resources, and funds to correct.

• Using verbal and written communication skills to convey complex and/or detailed information to multiple individuals/audiences with differing knowledge levels. May require strong negotiation and influence, communication to large groups or high-level constituents.

• 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 that require multiple steps that can be performed in various orders; tasks require simultaneously executing multiple cognitive abilities and maintaining information in short- or long-term memory.

• Exercising exceptional creativity to innovate new ideas and develop innovative products/processes without established objectives or known parameters.

• Using deductive and inductive problem solving; multiple approaches may be taken/necessary to solve the problem; often information is missing or conflicting; advanced data analysis and interpretation skills are required.

• Occasionally participates in strategic planning within own area affecting immediate operations.

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.