Lead Engineer, Senior
Qualcomm · Posted Oct 8
Semiconductor, 5G wireless technology, mobile platform, and AI computing solutions
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About the role
The DDR SW driver team at Qualcomm India (Hyderabad) ensures that end products meet defined DDR acceptance criteria for stability, power, and performance on mobile systems. The team works on state-of-the-art DDR technology (LP4x/LP5x), memory controllers, PHY, DRAMs, and SoC-level firmware and driver development. This Lead Engineer role covers debug and development of DDR init and runtime driver sequences, triage of DDR issues such as memory corruption and bit flips, test case development, and driving multiple chipsets across teams from product development to commercial launch.
What you will do
- Debug and Development of DDR init & run time driver sequences.
- Will be working on state-of-the-art DDR technology LP4x/LP5x.
- Opportunity to get an understanding of DDR technology.
- Will be responsible for driving multiple programs. Need to work on issues with multiple teams (performance, Phy, controller design etc.)
- Need to analyze lot of data and need to recognize patterns.
- Working on triage of the DDR issues.
- Test case enhancements and development
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- We are looking for candidates who have relevant work experience in DDR technology (memory controllers, PHY and DRAMs), Firmware and SW driver development/ Platform driver development / Board Bring up
- If candidate has very strong debugging expertise in system level issues like Bit flip, memory corruption, cache corruption, CPU Hang etc.
- The charter of the DDR SW System team is to ensure that the end-product qualifies the defined acceptance criteria for DDR by meeting stability, Power, and Performance Goals.
- The team is looking for a candidate who has strong understating of system level test methodologies and runs validations on mobile systems.
- The position involves Understanding of SOC Architecture and DDR SW Systems, identifying and debugging DDR systems issues (memory corruptions, Memory Lockups, Bit flips, memory leaks etc..) reported by memory validation and running system level validations tests.
- The engineer would have the opportunity to interact with different SW & HW teams to understand DDR systems.
- The candidate is expected to own and drive multiple chipsets in the DDR tech area.
- This position gives an exposure to understanding various quality stages from product development to commercial launch of the product.
- C, Python, Embedded system, JTAG, processor architecture, RTOS operating system, core BSP driver level development and debug, CPU architecture, SOC System knowledge.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
- Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
- PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Software Engineering or related work experience.
- 2+ years of academic or work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.
Preferred qualifications
- Desirable: DDR technology (Relevant work exp in DDR SW driver required) or Platform driver development / Board Bring up
- Desirable: DDR technology
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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