Engineer
Qualcomm · Posted Oct 12
Semiconductor, 5G wireless technology, mobile platform, and AI computing solutions
Get a personal compatibility score
Add a resume for personal matches
About the role
Qualcomm's central baseband hardware systems organization designs baseband and embedded system reference designs, focusing on co-design of the silicon, package, and PCB interconnects for Qualcomm's application processor, modems, and power management ASIC chipsets. The team consists of embedded software developers with expertise in low-level device driver software, hardware/software interfaces, and hands-on troubleshooting. This role involves writing bare-metal driver/firmware to validate HW/SW interfaces for Qualcomm reference platforms and enabling test cases for hardware design and factory validation.
What you will do
- Design, build, and maintain systems that power Qualcomm's semiconductors platform
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ship high-impact features
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
- Strong expertise in developing device drivers and bare metal software (register-level programming, GPIO configurations, etc.).
- Familiar with peripherals such as RAM, UFS, NVME, displays, camera, audio codec, and various sensors like compass, humidity, accelerometers etc.
- Protocols like SPI, USB, I2C, I3C, PCIe, UART, UFS, MIPI CSI\DSI and CAN.
- Debug tools such as Lauterbach Trace32.
- Ability to use tools such Oscilloscope, DMM, bench power supplies, and JTAG's.
- Knowledge of ARM and/or RISC-V architectures.
- Experience with software revision control systems, such as Perforce.
- Ability to understand datasheets, HW designs, read schematics and CCA drawings.
- Communicate with international teams in English (spoken and written).
- Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, computer science, or related field.
- 1-4 years embedded systems development, device drivers, or firmware development.
- 1-4 years’ experience with engineering tools such as oscilloscopes, multimeters and JTAG debuggers.
- 1-4 years’ experience with programming language such as C, C++, C#, Python, etc.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Qualcomm
Qualcomm is a global leader in the development and commercialization of foundational technologies for the wireless industry, including mobile processors, 5G, and on-device artificial intelligence. The company designs and markets digital communications products, semiconductor solutions, and system software used globally across smartphones, automotive solutions, IoT devices, and computing systems. Through extensive R&D and intellectual property licensing, Qualcomm powers a highly interconnected and smarter world.
- Industry
- Semiconductors
- Company size
- 50000+ employees
- Founded
- 1985
- Location
- San Diego, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $53M raised
- 2018-11-01Grant
Leadership
President and Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer
James H. Thompson
Chief Technology Officer
Chief Marketing Officer
Ann Chaplin
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Recent coverage
All About Circuits
Qualcomm Unveils Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 and Gen 6 Chips at Snapdragon Summit 20262026-10-06
Quartz
Qualcomm Returns to Court Against Arm in High-Stakes Trial Over Royalties and Testing Tools2026-10-06
Barchart
Qualcomm's Strategic Shift: Expanding into Automotive, IoT, and AI Infrastructure2026-10-06
Qualcomm Newsroom
Snapdragon Leads the Agentic AI Age with Two of the World's Fastest Mobile SoCs2026-09-22