CPU Power Management Controller Firmware Developer - Technical Lead

General Summary:

As a Qualcomm Software Engineer, you will design, develop, create, modify, and validate embedded and cloud edge software, applications, and/or specialized utility programs that launch cutting-edge, world class products that meet and exceed customer needs. Qualcomm Software Engineers collaborate with systems, hardware, architecture, test engineers, and other teams to design system-level software solutions and obtain information on performance requirements and interfaces.

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Job Overview:

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GENERAL SUMMARY

As a CPU Power Management FW Developer, you are responsible for working with a team on the enablement of the power management solution for Qualcomm's Oryon CPUs. You will collaborate internally to help define and implement embedded firmware to manage the power and performance for the CPU subsystem within Qualcomm SoCs across many verticals. You will also participate in various other aspects of the management controller firmware development, including power management, boot, RAS, debug, security and runtime services.

In CPU Power Management FW developer role you will be working closely both with the hardware power management and firmware development teams. You will have an opportunity to engage with third parties on enablement of new platforms, as well as providing input to our SoC and platform architects on future designs.

Role and Responsibilities

• Drive the complete firmware development lifecycle through design, development, debug and verification, in pre-silicon and post-silicon environments.
• Develop core firmware stack, utilizing and RTOS, that provides the essential services and frameworks to various algorithms running on the power management controller.
• Assist in defining Power Management solutions for future generation of Qualcomm CPUs.
• Actively engage with open source communities to contribute support for processor architectures, device drivers, and firmware features
• Collaborate with team members and other teams on silicon and platform bring-up, debug and diagnostics.
• Assist in identifying skills requirements and in hiring engineers,

Preferred Qualifications

• BS/MS in Electrical, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science (or equivalent professional experience) with 17+ years experience in embedded firmware development
• Minimum 2-3 years of experience in Managing a team and also a technical expert
• Working experience in DVFS, DCVS, SCMI, CPPC
• Self-starter who takes initiative and brings technical leadership
• Proficient writing and debugging C and assembly
• Driver development experience in RTOS or OS Kernel environments
• Demonstrated development experience with embedded OSes such as Zephyr, eCos, uC/OS or FreeRTOS
• Experience developing and debugging in pre-silicon environments including simulators and FPGA emulation
• Experience defining interprocessor communication interfaces between embedded controllers and the platform
• Familiarity with ARM v8 architecture. Development experience for a ARMV8 platform is a plus.