Company
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Job Area
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Cellular Technologies Software
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 Cellular Technologies Software Engineer, you will design, standardize, implement, verify, and validate state-of-the-art cellular technologies across a broad set of technology prototypes, standards, specifications, products, or components within a product. Qualcomm Engineers collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop high quality and capability air interface and modem that meet and exceed industry standards and customer requirements.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
- OR
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of Software Engineering or related work experience.
- OR
- PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
Preferred Qualifications
Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineer, or related field.
2+ years of experience with computer architecture or embedded systems.
1+ year of applicable wireless, semiconductor and/or embedded software industry experience.
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Principal Duties and Responsibilities
Leverages Wireless WAN Modem Software knowledge to design, standardize, implement, verify, validate, and commercialize Wireless WAN (or cellular) air interface and modem technologies.
Designs, optimizes, and implements software for wireless systems and modems.
Collaborates with team members to develop high quality and high capability air interface and modems with high performance (e.g., capacity, coverage, throughput, latency, power consumption) and acceptable cost.
Designs software for components and identifies potential tradeoffs
Develops unit test environment and test cases to test/verify code for a specific component and assists with the integration of software into a platform or product.
Writes detailed technical documentation and feature descriptions for projects to guide users to implement output.
Level of Responsibility
- Works under supervision.
- Decision-making may affect work beyond immediate work group.
- Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey information. May require basic negotiation, influence, tact, etc.
- Has a moderate amount of influence over key organizational decisions.
- Tasks require multiple steps which can be performed in various orders; some planning, problem-solving, and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively.
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