Modem Software Engineer

Qualcomm

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Work type
On-site
Location
San Diego, CA
Salary
$109,400–$164,200 / yr
Posted
34 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Mar 31, 2027

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Below market

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Qualcomm is a leading American semiconductor and telecommunications company based in San Diego, CA.

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TL;DR · Modem Software Engineer

The Modem Software Engineer joins the Modem Performance and Architecture team within the Modem Power and Performance organization. This individual contributor role involves analyzing real modem workloads to evaluate architectural trade-offs and drive measurable improvements in performance, power, and efficiency for next-generation products like 6G smartphones and autonomous vehicles. Key responsibilities include contributing to foundational architectural initiatives, optimizing memory architecture and cache compression, and defining SoC-level requirements for latency and throughput. The engineer will perform pre-silicon evaluations, develop silicon profiling tools, and apply data-driven analysis using traditional ML methods. Required skills include proficiency in C, C++, and Python, along with strong fundamentals in computer architecture, embedded real-time systems, and low-level programming to address critical challenges in platform robustness, security, and scalability.

What you'll do

  • Analyze real-world modem workloads to identify and resolve performance and efficiency bottlenecks.
  • Define and evaluate SoC-level performance requirements including latency, throughput, and bandwidth constraints.
  • Perform pre-silicon performance evaluations, architectural exploration, and performance sign-off activities.
  • Develop and maintain tools for silicon profiling, performance validation, and debugging.
  • Apply data-driven analysis and machine learning methods to large performance datasets across chipset generations.
  • Contribute to innovations in memory architecture, cache compression, and performance optimization.
  • Propose solutions for software optimization, task design, and hardware/software partitioning.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to reason about complex systems (preferred).
  • Strong fundamentals in computer architecture, processors, memory systems, embedded real-time systems, operating systems, and low-level programming (preferred).
  • Ability to deliver quantifiable code performance improvements through architectural redesign, compiler optimizations, hardware acceleration, and multithreading (preferred).
  • Experience with embedded software development using C/C++ (or ASM) with RTOS schedulers and kernel modules (preferred).
  • Strong programming capabilities with C (or C++) and Python (preferred).
  • Up to five (5) years of cumulative work experience in a relevant field (preferred).
  • Experience in performance analysis, optimization, debug tools, or wireless protocols (preferred).

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