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About Qualcomm
Qualcomm is a leading American semiconductor and telecommunications company based in San Diego, CA.
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The CPU Software Architecture Staff Engineer joins the CPU software architecture team to drive sub-system feature software architecture, enablement, and firmware development for various industry products using Qualcomm Custom CPUs. This role involves participating in hardware-software co-design, system optimizations, and developing firmware for premium mobile, laptop, automotive, cloud, and server SoCs. The position focuses on implementing the latest ARMv9 architecture features while designing, coding, and validating embedded and cloud edge software modules. Key responsibilities include performing code reviews, triaging bugs, and writing technical documentation. Candidates will utilize C, C++, Java, Python, or ARM assembly to develop for Linux or RTOS environments like Zephyr. The role requires expertise in ARMv8/v9 ISA, RISC-V fundamentals, and performance evaluation of applications on ARM architecture based SoCs while collaborating with hardware design teams to define software architecture.
CPU Microarchitecture
ARM
RISC-V
x86
C
C++
Python
Perl
SIMD
Vector Architectures
Real-Time Operating Systems
Performance Modeling
Simulation
Compiler Infrastructure
Power Management
Signal Processing