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Qualcomm Staff Software Engineer Mobile Android 
United States, California, San Diego 
824362858

17.09.2024

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.

Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.

PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.

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

Desired Qualifications:

  • 7+ years of experience or proven expertise in using a modern multi-paradigm language like C++, Java or Rust to ship software at scale

  • Strong understanding of data structures and algorithms and Object-Oriented Programming

  • Prior leadership experience involving decision making where outcomes impacted multiple teams

  • Solid understanding of Operating System Concepts, Concurrency, and Interfaces

  • Familiarity with ARM processors, Mobile SoC architecture - subsystems, hypervisor/virtualization, security, memory

  • Excellent Debugging skills and familiarity with performance monitoring techniques and mobile memory management

  • Strong proficiency in using git for S/W development. Familiarity with release engineering, CI/CD environments

Preferred Qualifications:

  • 7+ years/extensive experience working with operating systems like embedded Linux and/or Android is preferred

  • Experience driving change within an organization and leading complex technical projects

  • Any prior experience with Android OS, SDK/NDK and architecture (HALs, Security and Treble) is a huge plus

  • In depth expertise with modern languages like C++14 or newer OR Rust is a plus

  • Exposure to SDK development and API Design is a nice to have

  • Prior Experience or Participation in Open-Source Projects and working with a standards body and or external partners is a plus

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

  • Leverages advanced Software engineering knowledge and experience to design, develop and implement embedded/on-device software modules and systems

  • Leads complex technical and/or product efforts involving many engineers

  • Analyzes user needs, software requirements, and time and cost constraints to build and customize software for optimal operational efficiency

  • Participates in and leads design, coding, unit testing, debugging, and integration efforts. Performs complex code reviews, triages and fixes issues to ensure the quality of code

  • Collaborates with individuals outside the software function (e.g., Hardware, Systems, and Test engineers) to ensure solutions work with other components of a specific project

  • Writes detailed technical documentation for complex Software projects

Level Of Responsibility

  • Works independently with minimal supervision

  • Provides technical guidance and mentorship to other team members

  • Decision-making is significant in nature and affects work beyond immediate work group

  • Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey information. May require basic negotiation, influence, tact, etc.

  • Has a moderate amount of influence over key organizational decisions (e.g., is consulted by senior leadership to make key decisions)

  • Tasks often require multiple steps which can be performed in various orders; extensive planning, problem-solving, and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively

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.

Pay range:

$134,800.00 - $202,200.00