Staff Embedded Audio Software Engineer

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Technically lead software design and development of embedded audio software running on Snapdragon processors, meeting performance, latency, power, robustness and stability metrics
• ▹Perform high-level requirements analysis, derive engineering requirements, produce documentation, troubleshoot and maintain software applications, frameworks and drivers
• ▹Manage priorities, monitor progress and take corrective actions to ensure work products are delivered on time and at the required quality
• ▹Communicate software development status, including mitigations to issues and risks, to project leads and stakeholders
• ▹Collaborate effectively within and across teams to influence behavior and negotiate desired outcomes
• ▹Exercise critical thinking to formulate requirements, solve problems and define steps for ambiguous or open-ended tasks
• ▹Identify new and innovative processes, procedures or work products to achieve established objectives
• ▹Participate in strategic development and deployment team planning activities

Requirements

• ▹Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering experience (or Master's + 3 years, or PhD + 2 years)
• ▹2+ years of work experience with a programming language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

Nice to have

• ▹8+ years of embedded software development experience
• ▹Excellent C/C++, Python and other scripting language skills, with proven experience writing efficient code for embedded systems and multi-threaded environments
• ▹Knowledge of software design patterns and multi-threaded programming
• ▹Knowledge of computer architecture, real-time operating systems, data structures and basic algorithms
• ▹Understanding of power, memory and performance considerations on embedded systems
• ▹Expertise in multimedia or audio software framework design and development
• ▹Expertise in embedded driver development and debugging
• ▹Expertise in using various debug tools and techniques
• ▹Experience with optimization techniques for memory and performance
• ▹Experience developing and debugging software on ARM/DSP or other embedded processors and SoCs

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Pay range: $134,800-$202,200
• ▹Annual discretionary bonus program
• ▹Opportunity for annual RSU grants
• ▹Competitive benefits package

About the company

Qualcomm is a world-leading provider of mobile phone, industrial and consumer IoT, headset, wearable, and automotive infotainment and telematics SoCs and software technology worldwide.