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The Firmware Development Engineer, Sr. Staff joins the Software Engineering group to drive the design, implementation, and verification of firmware in pre-silicon and post-silicon environments. This role focuses on enabling power management solutions for custom CPUs within SoCs across various verticals. Key responsibilities include defining interprocessor communication interfaces, managing boot, RAS, debug, security, and runtime services, and contributing to open-source communities for processor architectures and device drivers. The candidate must be proficient in C, assembly, and C++ while possessing experience with RTOS or OS Kernel environments such as Zephyr, eCos, uC/OS, or FreeRTOS. Technical requirements include working with ARM v8 architecture, simulators, and FPGA emulation to solve complex power and performance management problems for future generations of Qualcomm CPUs.
C
C++
Assembly
Python
Java
RTOS
Zephyr
eCos
µC/OS
FreeRTOS
ARMv8
FPGA
Pre-silicon
Post-silicon
Driver Development
Interprocessor Communication
Firmware Development