Platform SW Engineer, Automotive

Qualcomm

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Work type
On-site
Location
San Diego, CA
Salary
$99,500–$149,300 / yr
Posted
40 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Mar 16, 2027

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Below market

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TL;DR · Platform SW Engineer, Automotive

#Platform SW Engineer, Automotive joins the Automotive Team to design, develop, and validate embedded and cloud edge software for next-generation automotive solutions. The role involves understanding software product requirements and use cases to determine how they integrate with specific hardware blocks or sub-systems. Key responsibilities include leading the development, debugging, and customer interactions for various platform software drivers and modules. The position requires expertise in C programming, OS fundamentals, and hardware debugging with JTAG. Candidates should possess experience in software layers for SoCs, including boot, drivers, embedded firmware, security, safety, and kernels such as Linux, QNX, and SafeRTOS. The work focuses on automotive technologies like Infotainment, Telematics, ADAS, 5G, Cellular V2X, Computer Vision, and AI/Deep Learning for ARM based systems.

What you'll do

  • Design, develop, and modify embedded and cloud edge software for automotive products.
  • Validate specialized utility programs and software modules to meet customer requirements.
  • Lead the development and debugging of platform software drivers and modules.
  • Analyze software product requirements and use cases for integration with hardware blocks.
  • Develop software layers for SoCs including boot, drivers, firmware, and kernels.
  • Perform hardware debugging using JTAG and C programming for ARM-based systems.
  • Ensure software compliance with automotive standards such as ISO26262 and ISO21434.
  • Manage technical interactions and communications with automotive customers and partners.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field.
  • Master's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field (preferred).
  • Exposure to automotive SW development processes and standards such as ASPCE, ISO26262 and ISO21434 (preferred).
  • Knowledge of interaction types between hardware and software for standard hardware blocks, CPU, and accelerators (preferred).
  • Experience in software design and development for SoC software layers including boot, drivers, firmware, security, safety, and kernels (preferred).
  • Software experience in embedded software development for ARM based systems (preferred).
  • Proficiency in C programming, HW debugging with JTAG, OS fundamentals, analytical and logical reasoning (preferred).

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