CPU Software Architecture Sr. Staff Engineer

$162,600 – $244,000 · Posted 1 day ago

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Summary

Qualcomm seeks a CPU Software Architecture Sr. Staff Engineer to design and develop low-level firmware for CPU bootstrapping, power management, and debug capabilities in Snapdragon chipsets. The role involves defining CPU software architecture roadmaps across Arm and RISC-V ISAs, analyzing CPU microarchitecture trade-offs (prefetching, speculation, memory ordering), and coordinating with internal teams and external partners like Arm, Google, and Microsoft. The candidate will demonstrate deep expertise in computer architecture domains such as memory consistency, coherency, virtualization, and security, with 15+ years of embedded systems experience and strong C/C++ proficiency.

Embedded Systems Software Development C++Java Python Arm Architecture Bootloader Design C Cache Coherency Can Clock Management Cpu Microarchitecture Driver Development Ethernet Firmware Development Gic Gpio Hardware Accelerators Heterogeneous Computing I2c Ice Debuggers Interrupt Controllers Isa Evolution J Tag Debuggers Kernel Development Low Level Debugging Memory Consistency Memory Management Multi Core Cpu Programming Pcie Plic Pll Power Management Risc V Rtos Security Sandboxing Snapdragon Soc Design Spi Super Scalar Architectures System On Chip Ufs Usb User Space Components Virtualization