Qualcomm
Software Engineer, Sr - Power and Limits Management
$118K–$177K
San Diego, California · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 18, 2026
- Experience
- Bachelor’s route: 2+ years; master’s route: 1+ year; PhD route: no years stated. Separately, preferred qualifications cite 4 to 8 years of academic or industry experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
About the job
Develops power and limits management software for Qualcomm chipsets, improving power efficiency and performance across the product life cycle from pre-silicon evaluation through commercialization.
What you'll do
- Analyze requirements and design software for current and next-generation chipsets, ensuring power efficiency.
- Analyze existing software and recommend optimizations to performance, memory, and power utilization.
- Develop tools for SoC profiling, validation, and debugging; participate in pre-silicon evaluation and sign-offs.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience; OR a master’s degree in those fields and 1+ year of related experience; OR a PhD in those fields.
- 2+ years of academic or work experience with a programming language such as C, C++, Java, or Python.
Nice to have
- Experience with computer architecture (ARM preferred), real-time operating systems, embedded systems, C/ASM, debugging with JTAG or equivalent, compilers/linkers, Python scripting, or machine learning.
- Experience with Agile development (Kanban) and version control systems such as Perforce/Git.
Pay
$117,800.00 - $176,600.00 USD base salary
Tools
C, C++, Java, Python, ARM, JTAG, Android, Perforce/Git
AI focus
Machine learning on datasets spanning product architecture generations is listed as a technical domain; machine learning experience is preferred.
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