Director Engineering, Mobile Handset Software

Company:
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Job Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering
General Summary:
Seeking an experienced software engineer with extensive Mobile experience for role as a Software architect focused on Snapdragon Android products.
As a senior member of the team working on software architecture and software system design, you will have opportunity to analyze requirements and develop high level designs for new features. You will also drive technical initiatives to evolve Snapdragon software. The ability to work through potentially conflicting requirements and roadmaps is a necessary skill. You will work closely with development leads, software and hardware architects, project engineers, product managers, customer engineers, OEMs and external partners.
Ideal candidate has extensive experience with Mobile Handset products and must be able to take a systematic approach for understanding and refining requirements. The individual will need to have a deep understanding of application processor, modem and connectivity technologies and complete SW stack, from firmware to apps layer
Strong written and verbal communication skills are critical. In this cross functional role, excellent people and leadership skills are key.
Responsibilities

• Develop architecture for complex features and subsystems to meet Snapdragon Mobile product requirements; recommends architecture enhancements.
• Independently research and work cross-functionally to define requirements. Hands on prototype development.
• Serve as a technical expert in developing solutions; participate in design reviews and recommend improvements to ensure alignment with business goals and customer needs.
• Influence and negotiate with external partners to gain buy-in for ideas and align on project and subsystem implementation plans and milestones to ensure the needs of all stakeholders are met.
• Act as a technical expert on Mobile industry trends, competitors' products, and advances in various engineering fields; share expertise within and/or across teams.
• Leverages technical expertise to identify trends and define future solutions by contributing to discussions on the short - and long-term strategic direction of the product/technology roadmaps.

Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 8+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 7+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• 4+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.
Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related field.
• 15+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• Experience with C/C++, ARM assembly, Jtag
• Experience with Mobile SoC architecture - subsystems, hypervisor/virtualization, security, memory, storage, buses, peripherals, power, thermals
• Able to be "hands on" with the software and hardware, prototype, debug, and profile design suggestions
• Able to debug problems across multiple layers of hardware, OS, firmware, and drivers

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Pay range:
$194,000.00 - $291,000.00
The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer!
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