Qualcomm
Sr. Staff Embedded Software Engineer – Automotive Platforms
$170K–$255K
San Diego, California · On-site · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 23, 2026
- Experience
- 6+ years with a bachelor's degree, 5+ years with a master's degree, or 4+ years with a PhD; plus 3+ years of programming-language work experience. Preferred: 10+ years in embedded development, programming, or hands-on lab-tool experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's, master's, or PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
About the job
Develops bare-metal firmware and low-level device drivers to bring up, test, and validate Qualcomm automotive reference platforms and support manufacturing test.
What you'll do
- Develop and maintain firmware and drivers; perform early hardware bring-up and debug of boards and chipsets.
- Implement test firmware for platform validation and factory enablement, and analyze failures using schematics, traces, and lab instrumentation.
- Collaborate with hardware, silicon, systems, and validation teams; contribute to reviews and documentation and mentor junior engineers.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of software engineering or related experience; OR a master's degree and 5+ years; OR a PhD and 4+ years.
- 3+ years of work experience with a programming language such as C, C++, Java, or Python.
- Strong expertise in device-driver and bare-metal software development, including register-level programming, GPIO configuration, and hardware bring-up.
- Experience with hardware interfaces and protocols, debug tools, processor architectures, lab equipment, and revision control systems.
Nice to have
- 10+ years in embedded systems, device drivers, or firmware development.
- 10+ years of programming experience, or 10+ years of hands-on experience with engineering lab tools.
Pay
$169,800.00 - $254,600.00 USD base salary
Tools
C, C++, Java, Python, SPI, USB, I2C/I3C, Lauterbach Trace32
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