Software Engineer, Sr - Power and Limits Management

Company: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Job Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering General Summary: QCT Core Technologies is looking to hire talented engineers in the Power and Limits management software group. In this highly visible role, candidates will be working in a dynamic environment, interfacing across multiple disciplines including system, power, software, and hardware engineers to develop innovative architectures that meet the requirements of Qualcomm growing product portfolio. Candidates will be able to gain exposure to the full product life cycle from pre-silicon to commercialization of Qualcomm chipsets. ​  Job Responsibilities As a Power and Limits software engineer, candidates will own or participate in one or more of the following: Multiple aspects of software development - analyzing the requirements, designing robust software solutions, and ensuring that the power efficiency is met, for current and next generation chipsets to meet the growing product requirements on processors across various subsystems on the SoC Perform detailed analysis of the existing software to provide innovative recommendations to improve performance, memory, and power utilization, including software optimizations, SW/HW partitioning, new algorithms etc. Develop tools for silicon profiling, validation and debugging across all SOC components Involvement in pre-silicon evaluations and sign-offs Scope opportunities for HW acceleration by providing recommendations to the HW team Personal Attributes / Soft Skills Desire to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with high expectations Passionate for building great products, with a willingness to disrupt the status quo and push boundaries to deliver innovations that affect the experience of millions of end users Strong analytic and problem solving skills  Excellent technical communication and interpersonal skills Self-motivated and quick-learner Meticulous attention to detail Technical Domains Product feature areas include, but are not limited to: Developing firmware for memory and CPU constrained systems Analyzing the execution efficiency of power software Managing the performance/thermal efficiency tradeoffs SOC level interactions between various software components Machine learning on data sets spanning across generations of product architectures, IoE/IoT sectors, and Working with various HLOS (eg: Android) on application cores to meet end-to-end performance Minimum Qualifications: •    Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience. OR Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Software Engineering or related work experience. OR PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field. • 2+ years of academic or work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

4 years to 8  years of academic or industry experience in the following: Computer Architecture (ARM architecture preferred) Real Time Operating Systems C/ASM programming Debugging Real Time Embedded Systems using JTAG or equivalent Compilers / Linkers Python Scripting Ability to read hardware programming guides and write drivers/software based on that information   Embedded software Machine Learning Agile development; Kanban Version control systems such as Perforce/Git Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e-mail  disability-accomodations@qualcomm.com  or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found  here . Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is