CPU Software Architecture Staff Engineer

$134,800 – $202,200 · Posted 1 day ago

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Summary

Qualcomm seeks a CPU Software Architecture Staff Engineer to design and develop low-level firmware for CPU bootstrapping, power management, and debug systems on Snapdragon chipsets. The role involves defining short- and long-term software architecture roadmaps aligned with ARM and RISC-V ISA evolution, coordinating debugging of high-performance microarchitecture issues, and engaging with partners like Google and Microsoft. The candidate will work across multiple SoC technology domains—memory consistency, coherency, virtualization, security, and heterogeneous compute platforms—requiring 10+ years of embedded systems experience with deep C/C++ expertise and comprehensive knowledge of ARM or RISC-V architectures.

Embedded Systems Software Development C++Java Python Arm Architecture C Cache Coherency Can Clock Management Cpu Microarchitecture Device Drivers Ethernet Firmware Development Gic Gpio Hardware Accelerators Heterogeneous Compute I2c Ice Debugger Interrupt Controllers J Tag Debugger Kernel Development Low Level Drivers Memory Consistency Memory Management Memory Ordering Multi Core Cpu Pcie Plic Pll Power Management Prefetching Qualcomm Risc V Architecture Rtos Security Sandboxing Snapdragon Soc Design Speculation Spi Superscalar Architectures System On Chip Ufs Usb Virtualization