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Work type: On-site
Location: San Diego, CA
Posted: 57 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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As a CPU Performance Management Firmware Developer at Qualcomm, you will join a dynamic team focused on enabling power management solutions for custom CPUs. Your primary responsibilities include driving firmware design and implementation in both pre-silicon and post-silicon environments, contributing to the definition of future CPU performance management strategies, and engaging with open-source communities to support processor architectures and device drivers. You will also assist in hiring engineers and collaborate on platform bring-up, debugging, diagnostics, and firmware lifecycle management. Ideal candidates possess a BS/BEng degree or equivalent experience in electrical, computer engineering, or computer science, along with proficiency in C and assembly programming, driver development in RTOS or OS kernel environments, and familiarity with embedded operating systems like Zephyr and ARM v8 architecture.

Skills

C Assembly RTOS OS Kernel Zephyr eCos uC/OS FreeRTOS ARM v8 Simulators FPGA Emulation Driver Development Embedded Firmware Development

What you'll do

Drive firmware design and implementation for CPU performance management in pre-silicon and post-silicon environments.
Define CPU Performance Management solutions for future Qualcomm CPUs.
Engage with open source communities to contribute support for processor architectures and device drivers.
Develop, characterize, and tune performance management solutions for SoC subsystems.
Write and debug C and assembly code proficiently in embedded OSes like Zephyr or FreeRTOS.

What we're looking for

BS/BEng in Electrical, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science (or equivalent professional experience) with at least 5 years in embedded firmware development.
Proficient in writing and debugging C and assembly for embedded systems.
Experience developing drivers in RTOS or OS Kernel environments.
Familiarity with ARM v8 architecture and experience with embedded OSes like Zephyr, eCos, uC/OS, FreeRTOS.
Strong background in pre-silicon development using simulators and FPGA emulation.

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