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 custom 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.

• BS/BEng in Electrical, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science (or equivalent professional experience) with 5 years experience in embedded firmware development
• Self-starter who takes initiative and brings technical leadership
• Proficient in 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 for 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 an ARMV8 platform is a plus.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Drive the firmware design, implementation, and verification, in pre-silicon and post-silicon environments.
• Assist in the definition of Power Management solutions for future generations of Qualcomm CPUs.
• Actively engage with open-source communities to contribute support for processor architectures, device drivers, and firmware features
• Assist in identifying skills requirements and in hiring engineers, collaborating with other teams on platform bring-up/debug/diags, firmware lifecycle, etc.

Level of Responsibility:

•    Works independently with minimal supervision.    

•    Decision-making is critical in nature and highly impacts program, product, or project success.

•    Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey complex information. May require negotiation, influence, tact, etc. 

•    Has a moderate amount of influence over key organizational decisions (e.g., is consulted by senior leadership to make key decisions).

•    Tasks often require multiple steps which can be performed in various orders; extensive planning, problem-solving, and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively.