Qualcomm
Senior Wireless S/W Engineer
$118K–$177K
San Diego, California · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 5, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years with a Bachelor’s degree; 1+ year with a Master’s degree; or no years specified with a PhD. Also requires 2+ years of academic or work experience with a programming language.
- Education
- Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field.
About the job
Designs, develops, debugs, and optimizes real-time embedded modem software while advancing AI-assisted engineering workflows for firmware development.
What you'll do
- Build and maintain modem firmware across protocol layers, drivers, and platform services, including feature delivery, testing, bring-up, and maintenance.
- Develop AI-assisted tools and workflows for code review, test synthesis, and crash/log triage; assess generated outputs for correctness and safety.
- Debug hardware issues and collaborate with systems, hardware, test, and integration teams to deliver production-quality firmware.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 2+ years of software engineering or related work experience; or a Master’s degree and 1+ year; or a PhD.
- 2+ years of academic or work experience with a programming language such as C, C++, Java, or Python.
Nice to have
- At least two years’ experience in embedded and systems engineering areas, including C/C++, operating systems, DSP/Arm, or target-hardware debugging.
- Experience with AI coding assistants or agentic tools and AI-augmented workflows for firmware development.
Pay
$117,800.00 - $176,600.00 (USD, base salary)
Tools
C, C++, Java, Python, QuRT, ThreadX, FreeRTOS, GitHub Copilot
AI focus
AI-native firmware engineering, including coding agents, LLM-assisted review and debugging, test synthesis, retrieval-augmented tooling, and automated log/crash triage.
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