Embedded Software Engineer, Device Driver Development
Qualcomm
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This role pays less than 58% of similar roles. Most pay $137,500–$198,925 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $168k versus about $168k for comparable roles.
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Qualcomm is a leading American semiconductor and telecommunications company based in San Diego, CA.
Qualcomm currently has 623 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $148,300–$222,500 across 603 roles with salary data.
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As an IOT Software Engineer on the IPS Software team, you will develop bare-metal firmware and low-level device drivers to support the bring-up, testing, and validation of baseband and embedded system reference platforms. You will perform early hardware bring-up for new boards and chipsets, identifying issues across hardware, firmware, and system boundaries while collaborating with silicon and systems teams. The role involves working with ARM and RISC-V architectures, as well as protocols like SPI, I2C/I3C, PCIe, UART, UFS, and MIPI CSI/DSI. You will utilize tools such as Lauterbach Trace32, JTAG debuggers, oscilloscopes, and multimeters to analyze failures using schematics and register traces. Key technical requirements include proficiency in C, C++, or Python, experience with Perforce, and the ability to interpret hardware design documents for complex integrated systems.
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