OpenBMC Lead, Principal Engineer

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary:

Our Mission
We are dedicated to transforming the industry by reimagining silicon and developing next-generation computing platforms. By joining our team, you’ll collaborate with world-class engineers to create innovative solutions that push the limits of performance, energy efficiency, and scalability. Our focus is on developing reference platforms based on Qualcomm's Snapdragon SoC, delivering a comprehensive solution that includes hardware, software, reference designs, user guides, SDKs, and more.

As the OpenBMC Lead, you will spearhead the enablement of OpenBMC for a next-generation server-class platform. This role involves extensive collaboration with internal teams and external upstream communities, including the Linux and commercial OS ecosystems, the OpenBMC community, and relevant standards bodies. You will engage with customers and third parties to enable new platforms and provide critical input to our SoC and platform architects for future designs.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Define future server-class SoCs and platforms.
• Lead the development of an OpenBMC solution for a next-generation server-class platform.
• Identify skill requirements and assist in hiring engineers.
• Collaborate with other teams on bring-up, debugging, diagnostics, firmware lifecycle, etc.

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:

• 15+ years of software engineering or related work experience.
• 10+ years of experience with programming languages such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc
• 15+ years of experience in Linux development for embedded and/or server systems.
• Strong understanding of server platform concepts and design constraints.
• Proven experience in OpenBMC development.
• In-depth knowledge of RAS (Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability).
• Proficient in programming with experience in OpenEmbedded-based build systems.
• Self-starter with strong technical leadership skills.
• Good understanding of distributed revision control systems.
• Experience contributing to Open Source projects with an "upstream first" approach.
• Experience developing or contributing to server specifications.
• Low-level knowledge of communication buses such as I2C, Ethernet, PCIe.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

•    Leverages expert Software knowledge and experience to design, develop, create, modify, and validate highly critical embedded and cloud edge software, applications, and/or specialized utility programs.

•    Analyzes user needs, software requirements, and time and cost constraints to design and customize highly sophisticated software for optimal operational efficiency.

•    Designs and implements software sub-systems for complex, large-scale products and systems; resolves design, coding, and other technical issues by presenting end-to-end solutions. 

•    Leads design, coding, and testing efforts to ensure that projects are completed to specifications and schedules.

•    Serves as a technical expert in performing highly complex code reviews, regression tests, and triages and fixes issues to ensure the quality of code. 

•    Collaborates with high-level representatives from other functions (e.g., testing group, product group, customers) to integrate plan for software design of a large initiative.

•    Writes detailed technical documentation for highly complex Software projects; reviews technical documentation for experienced engineers.

Level of Responsibility:

•    Provides supervision to direct reports.  

•    Decision-making is critical in nature and highly impacts program, product, or project success.

•    Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey highly complex and/or detailed information. May require strong negotiation and influence with large groups or high-level constituents.

•    Has a great degree of influence over key organizational decisions (e.g., is making or directly making key decisions that will have substantial impact over the organization).

•    Tasks often require multiple steps which can be performed in various orders; extensive planning, problem-solving, and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively.

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:

$211,800.00 - $317,800.00

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 – and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.

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