Qualcomm seeks a Principal Engineer to design and develop low-level firmware for CPU bootstrapping, power management, and debug functionality in embedded SoCs. The role requires deep expertise in computer architecture (memory consistency, coherency, virtualization, security), ARM/RISC-V ISA, and multi-core CPU software stacks, with responsibility for defining 3–5 year software roadmaps and coordinating with Arm architects and third-party partners.… The candidate will troubleshoot high-performance microarchitecture issues (prefetching, speculation, memory ordering) and drive software–hardware trade-offs across heterogeneous compute platforms. 8+ years of software engineering experience with strong C/C++ skills and 15+ years in embedded systems, real-time development, and low-level drivers/firmware is expected.
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Senior embedded DSP software engineer role developing platform software for CPU, DSP, and NPU processors in Snapdragon SoCs. Responsibilities include designing multi-processor multimedia and AI frameworks, developing high-performance drivers and runtime libraries, profiling and optimizing system performance for DSP acceleration, and collaborating with hardware and firmware teams on design trade-offs.… Requires strong C/C++ programming, real-time operating systems, driver development, and computer architecture expertise, with experience optimizing software on resource-constrained platforms.
Lead Arm's SoC interconnect technology team as a senior architect with 15+ years of experience designing large-scale SoCs. Own performance modeling, microarchitecture, RTL design, and verification strategy for interconnect IP; drive adoption of industry standards (AMBA AXI/ACE/CHI, etc.) across CPU, GPU, NPU, and memory subsystems.… Mentor a team of architects and engineers while leading complex projects to tape-out, with expertise in coherent protocols, cache coherency, latency/bandwidth/power optimization, and system-level debug.