Engineer, Senior Staff
Qualcomm · Posted Oct 8
Semiconductor, 5G wireless technology, mobile platform, and AI computing solutions
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About the role
Qualcomm's Security systems team develops and optimizes systems, tools and methods for QTI security solutions across mobile platform security, cryptography, trusted execution environments, access control and vulnerability detection. The work spans multiple processors, embedded software platforms and operating systems, with the goal of making mobile platforms safe and secure. This senior staff engineering role leads teams writing security software in C for embedded ARM/RISC-V platforms and drives requirements, design and validation across multiple teams and stakeholders.
What you will do
- Responsible for leading team in timely, high-quality execution on larger, less-defined, moderately complex tasks.
- Planning work, including splitting into sub-tasks, clarifying requirements, and managing dependencies.
- Lead teams developing Security software in C for embedded platforms on ARM / RISCV processos.
- Handle increased complexity and ambiguity of new, exploratory, multi-domain, or multi-disciplinary tasks.
- Strong technical expertise and ownership for the modules owned with limited direction and oversight.
- Analyze product requirements, identify impacted areas, derive requirements, and produce suitable designs.
- Independently represent the team to internal and external stake holders / partners on their area of responsibility.
- Anticipate challenges. Excel at dealing with ambiguity, unforeseen setbacks, multi-tasking and changing priorities.
- Collaborate within and cross functional teams as required to ensure quality work products are delivered.
- Keep oneself up-to-date with industry trends and technology developments around the related areas of work.
- Responsible and accountable for tineliness and quality of own deliverables and work products and that of the team.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Bachelor's / Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, Electronics or related field.
- Minimum 8 years of exp. in Software development preferably in Embedded and programming in C / Assembly.
- Strong understanding of Embedded hardware, Computer Architecture and Operating System concepts.
- Good understanding of OS concepts such as tasks, signals, timers, priorities, deadlocks, stacks, etc.
- Understanding of RTOS fundamentals like multi-threading, interrupt management, cache/memory management etc.
- Experience with code versioning tools (git / perforce) build tools (Makefiles/SCons), and debuggers like JTAG.
- Experience in leading and driving software development activities independently and working with multiple teams.
- Experience in managing software projects across all phases like Requirement analysis, Design and validations.
- Self-sufficient and capable of operating the team effectively under tight deadlines without close supervision
- Good understanding of Software Security Concepts, Public Key Cryptography, ARM Trustzone, VIrtualization etc.
- Good communication skills & ability to work with engineers, partners & customers across cultures / geographical sites
- Good expertise and experience on product security for embedded devices, which may include a subset of the following skillsets:• Symmetric & Assymmetric Cryptography,• Device integrity & Authentication,• Secure communications, • Trusted execution environment, • Protected virtualization • Platform isolation techniques, • Embedded/real time OS security,• Vulnerability detection methods, • Exploit mitigation techniques,• Hardware access control,• Secure provisioning and debug,• Key management and applied cryptography
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience. OR Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 5+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience. OR PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
- 3+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.
Preferred qualifications
- Understanding of a broad range of topics viz. Security systems, Cryptography, Linux Kernel, Android Framweworks etc.
- Good understanding of and experience on embedded processor architectures like ARMv8/9 or RISC-V processors.
- Prior exposure to / experience in working with Qualcomm Snapdragon platfroms or similar System on Chip architecture.
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
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