Qualcomm Embedded Software Senior Engineer –SoC Firmware - Cork 

Ireland, Cork 

671213773

QT Technologies Ireland Limited

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

About the Role

You will be part of the Core Platform bootloader team enabling diverse Qualcomm SoCs to boot all the way from ROM firmware till OS entry. Areas this team works on, but not limited to, include several stages of system initialization, secure boot and authentication, platform and device configurations, execution environment enablement across new emerging CPU architectures, enabling latest industry tuned peripherals and interfaces, multicore and multithreaded scheduler based boot initializations, next-gen volatile (DDRx) and non-volatile memory(UFS, NVMe, eMMC, NAND, SPI-NOR, etc) device and interfaces(USB, PCIe) initializations and device driver development.

You will be highly motivated engineer, a team player who is passionate to learn new technologies and write low level firmware that drives hardware and SoC. Your responsibilities may include, but not limited to:

• Design, development and integration of SoC firmware features, diagnostics and test capabilities for QCT boot platforms.

• Strong coordination and collaboration across wide range of technical areas to include software, hardware, ASIC, integration, architecture, emulation and simulation 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, in verifying and debugging firmware, driver and resolving platform issues

• Efficient and secure (ie. cognizant of not exposing security exploits) coding 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

What are we looking for?

• 4 to 7 years of experience with embedded systems.

• C Programming

• Device Driver development

• Strong communication skills

• Strong collaborative skills working with multiple teams

Additional skills are a plus:

• Chip/SoC on-target, emulation and simulation platform bringup and debug experience

• Highly proficient in C, with a focus on system initialization and low-level code.

• Good analytical, debugging and problem solving skills.

• ARM microprocessor architecture and ARM Assembly language experience.

• Good understanding of basic real-time/embedded programming, resource-constrained environments, and operating system loaders.

• Open Source bootloader firmware experiences - UEFI Tianocore EDK2, coreboot, uboot, TF-A, Zephyr RTOS

Education Requirements

• Required: Bachelor's, Computer Engineering and/or Computer Science and/or Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience

• Preferred: Master's, Computer Engineering and/or Computer Science and/or Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience

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

Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Software Engineering or related work experience.

PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.

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

*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.