Staff Engineer_CE_Safety
Qualcomm · Posted Sep 24
Semiconductor, 5G wireless technology, mobile platform, and AI computing solutions
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About the role
Qualcomm customer engineering team is engaged in offering optimized solutions to Qualcomm ADAS/Autonomy SoCs, and is seeking engineers who can lead ADAS solution level functional safety Architecture. The job requires understanding and defining of the Safety Concept and Architecture of ADAS solution, Software Safety requirements, defining and deploying safety processes and development of Safety software by following the ISO26262, SOTIF and related software processes. As a Qualcomm Functional Safety ADAS/AD Systems Architect, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop ADAS/AD solutions, working with safety managers and the Software quality team for adherence of ISO26262/SOTIF/ASPICE processes.
What you will do
- Lead functional safety initiatives for complex SoC software
- Collaborate with development teams, partners, and customers on functional safety tasks
- Engage in external/customer safety discussions, audits, and support corrective actions
- Maintain expertise in automotive functional safety practices and drive timely gap closure
- Enhance software processes and outputs to meet safety standards
- Manage functional safety and architecture frameworks in automotive contexts
- Define safety software architecture and requirements
- Develop and implement robust safety plans
- Ensure strict adherence to ISO26262 and ASPICE standards
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 5+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience. OR Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience
- 10-15 years of industry experience in Systems, Embedded Software, and Safety Engineering in in the automotive domain
- 2+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.
- Strong Software Engineer with good knowledge and hands-on experience in Design/Development/Debugging aspects of Board support package (BSP) on one or more of operating systems like Linux, Android, Greenhills Integrity and QNX embedded systems.
- Provide direct support to Qualcomm customers and partner with the design, development and debug of Qualcomm reference designs SW related issues and helping to customize/optimize software to meet the product requirements using the features in Qualcomm SOC.
- The Candidate must quickly ramp-up onto an existing project, understand Automotive platform Hardware and Software driver architecture, read/write technical specifications/requirements, demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving abilities and work closely with external customers to customize and launch their new products.
- Experience with Linux Android, QNX and Hypervisors Real-time operating systems
- Working Experience with device drivers, stability, system architecture
- Experience with USB, UART, SPI, I2C, PCIe, Ethernet
- Good understanding of hardware blocks - Clocks, PLLs, GPIO, Interrupt Controllers (GIC), and their SW architecture for porting and debugging
- Experience in using debugging tools such as JTAG, and oscilloscope/Logical Analyzer.
- Deep understanding of ARM architecture
- Experience with System performance profiling and optimization
- Strong proficiency in C/C++ for embedded systems.
- Documentation: Create clear technical documentation for designs, code, and test procedures.
- Hardware Bring-Up: Collaborate with hardware engineers to enable software stack on silicon and emulation platforms, debug hardware-software interactions, and ensure seamless integration.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience in functional safety software architecture in Automotive Domain: Safety software architecture specification, Safety Requirements definition, safety software development
- Good understanding of functional safety software process, especially ISO26262 part-6
- Experience in Safety Analysis (FMEA, DFA, FTA)
- Experience in defining Software architecture, Software Design, and implementation of Embedded software for Automotive SoCs
- Good understanding of SoC architecture, ARM architecture, SoC Peripherals, low level BSP Software/drivers, RTOS
- Experience with tools for static analysis, code coverage
- Knowledge and experience of ASPICE /ISO26262 or equivalent Quality standards
- Knowledge of various tools and methods related for functional safety/ISO26262 (Requirements Management, Static/dynamic analysis, Safety Analysis, Safety software design, implementation, and testing)
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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