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The Embedded NPU Software Engineer, Staff joins the NPU Platform Software Team to lead the design and development of embedded platform software for CPU, DSP, and NPU processors across the Snapdragon SoC portfolio. This role involves architecting and optimizing software frameworks, runtime libraries, and system drivers to enable high-performance, low-power multimedia and machine learning workloads for mobile, automotive, compute, and XR platforms. You will work across the entire stack, from low-level drivers to high-level frameworks, utilizing C, C++, Java, and Python. Key responsibilities include optimizing software using SIMD, multi-threading, and memory hierarchy techniques while managing inter-processor communication. You will also utilize debugging tools like Trace32 and JTAG to solve complex problems in AI acceleration pipelines, signal processing, and real-time operating systems.
C
C++
Embedded Software
Real-Time Operating Systems
Driver Development
DSP
NPU
Computer Architecture
PCIe
MCDM
WDDM
Machine Learning
AI Inference
Multi-core
Multi-threading
Profiling
C
C++
Python
Java
Assembly
Embedded Systems
Device Drivers
bare‑metal
Firmware
ARM
RISC‑V
SPI
USB
I2C
I3C
I2S
PCIe
UART
UFS
DP
MIPI CSI/DSI
CAN
Ethernet
Lauterbach Trace32
JTAG
Perforce
Oscilloscope
Digital Multimeter
Logic Analyzer