Qualcomm
Software Engineer, Staff - Power and Limits Management
$141K–$212K
San Diego, California · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 17, 2026
- Experience
- Bachelor’s: 4+ years; Master’s: 3+ years; PhD: 2+ years. Also requires 2+ years working with a programming language. Preferred qualifications state 7 to 10 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 lifecycle from pre-silicon evaluation to commercialization.
What you'll do
- Design and develop software for current and next-generation chipsets, analyzing requirements and meeting power-efficiency goals.
- Analyze existing software and recommend improvements to performance, memory, and power utilization, including software optimizations, HW/SW partitioning, and algorithms.
- Develop silicon profiling, validation, and debugging tools; participate in pre-silicon evaluations and recommend opportunities for hardware acceleration.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience; OR Master’s degree in a related field and 3+ years; OR PhD in a related field and 2+ years.
- 2+ years of 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 software, debugging embedded systems, compilers/linkers, or C/ASM.
- Python scripting, machine learning, Agile/Kanban, version control such as Perforce/Git, and ability to read hardware programming guides and write drivers/software.
Pay
$141,300.00 - $211,900.00 USD base salary
Tools
C, C++, Java, Python, ARM, JTAG, Perforce, Git
AI focus
Machine learning on datasets spanning product architecture generations is listed as a technical domain and preferred experience.
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