Lead Engineer, Senior - Wearables

Job Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary:

As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what''s possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. 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.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor''s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience. ORMaster''s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience. ORPhD 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.

The role of Sr Lead Engineer ( 6-8 years of experience) , Wearables will be to help develop application software using BSP functionality on the new application processor for the team delivering Platforms software components for Qualcomm''s leading smartwatch solutions across the emerging Wearables market segments.

Candidates shall require demonstrating technical capabilities while being closely involved in implementation of new features and test-driven enhancements in the Platformssoftware in a fast-paced development environment.

The engineer will take ownership of a component of a project and will be responsible for delivering the software on a timescale agreed with the group leader/program manager.

The engineer should be able to work independently and sometimes lead a small team of people to accomplish tasks.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ability to multitask in a paced environment
• Capability to comprehend and capture accurate requirements
• Define tasks and create work breakdown including estimation of tasks
• Ability to prioritize requests and communicate priorities
• Develop and test software of major scale and complexity to agreed timescales
• Maintain firmware software components including defect investigation
• Conduct software peer reviews
• Create relevant documentation following the departments processes
• Track hardware changes and understand impact on firmware Required

Skillset

• Excellent C/C++ programming skills with proven experience of writing efficient code for low powered and memory constrained systems
• Knowledge of applications on embedded.
• Knowledge of RTOS based environments required. Zephyr/FreeRTOS is preferable. Exposure to working with FreeRTOS is highly desired.
• Strong understanding of ARM architecture especially Cortex-M series
• Extensive on-chip application development experience with a basic understanding of chip development life cycle and exposure to SoCs, peripherals and embedded environments.
• Knowledge of realizing low-power use cases, sensors/display/bluetooth in the world of smart watches will be an asset.
• Experience with chip bring up and sound knowledge of digital hardware along with ability to read board schematics
• Exposure to working on FPGA based emulation setups, debugging tools and use of utilities like logic analyzers, oscilloscope, JTAG interfaces over Lauterbach/J-Link Knowledge of chipset power and techniques in software to optimize power is preferred.