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Qualcomm

Designs mobile chips and licenses wireless patents

Software Engineer - Software Engineering

Systems Software EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeSan Diego, CA, USAIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field is required.
  • Industry experience using data structures and algorithms to ship projects at scale is preferred.
  • Experience developing object-oriented software using C++, Java, or Rust is preferred.
  • A solid understanding of operating system concepts and concurrency is preferred.
  • Proficiency using Git for software development is preferred.
  • Experience working with embedded Linux and/or Android is preferred.
  • Experience with the Android SDK, NDK, Android OS concepts, and architecture, including HALs, security, and Treble, is preferred.
  • Prior experience with on-device AI runtimes such as TFLite, PyTorch Edge, ExecuTorch, and Qualcomm AI Stack is a plus.
  • Industry experience developing with modern C++ (C++14 or newer), Java, or Kotlin is preferred.
  • Familiarity with Python for AI/ML-related software development is preferred.
  • Familiarity with ARM processors, ARM assembly, and mobile SoC architecture, including subsystems, hypervisor/virtualization, security, memory, storage, buses, peripherals, power, and thermals, is preferred.
  • Debugging skills and work experience in software bring-up and crash-dump analysis are preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Prototype, design, develop, and support commercialization of embedded and cloud software solutions for agentic mobile use cases.
  • Add features to the Android platform stack, including the application layer, middleware, and native layer.
  • Integrate on-device large language models and on-device vector databases.

Desired Qualifications

  • Industry experience using data structures and algorithms to ship projects at scale.
  • Experience developing object-oriented software using C++, Java, or Rust.
  • A solid understanding of operating system concepts and concurrency.
  • Proficiency using Git for software development.
  • Experience working with embedded Linux and/or Android.
  • Experience with the Android SDK, NDK, Android OS concepts, and architecture, including HALs, security, and Treble.
  • Prior experience with on-device AI runtimes such as TFLite, PyTorch Edge, ExecuTorch, and Qualcomm AI Stack.
  • Industry experience developing with modern C++ (C++14 or newer), Java, or Kotlin.
  • Familiarity with Python for AI/ML-related software development.
  • Familiarity with ARM processors, ARM assembly, and mobile SoC architecture, including subsystems, hypervisor/virtualization, security, memory, storage, buses, peripherals, power, and thermals.
  • Debugging skills and work experience in software bring-up and crash-dump analysis.

About the Company

Qualcomm

Designs mobile chips and licenses wireless patents

Qualcomm designs the Snapdragon processors and modems inside many Android phones, and it licenses its wireless patents to device makers around the world. It helped commercialize CDMA, the cellular technology behind 3G networks, and its patents cover core parts of the 4G and 5G standards that phones use to connect. The company does not run its own chip factories; contract foundries make its chips, which it sells to makers of phones, PCs, cars, and connected devices. Device makers also pay Qualcomm royalties for using its patented technology, which forms a second business alongside chip sales. Qualcomm was founded in 1985 and is based in San Diego, California.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
San Diego, CA
Founded
1985

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