Senior Systems Software Engineer (Embedded Software Development) – Sensors -Cork, Ireland

Company:

QT Technologies Ireland Limited

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

General Summary:

About The Role
Qualcomm offers flexible work options tailored to our employee’s needs. These include a combination of work from home and working in our brand new, state of the art office in Penrose Dock, Cork.

Well-being and life balance are fundamental to Qualcomm as an employer.  We recognise and understand that employees have missed spending quality time with loved ones and extended family. 

As such, Cork Qualcomm policy allows our employees to blend short-term remote working with annual leave.

Sensors-based technology has a wide range of applications including navigation, gaming, smart user interface, multimedia, virtual reality, and augmented reality.  This challenging position offers the opportunity to work with leading edge sensor technologies embedded in smartphones, automotive, IOT, smartwatches as well as other consumer electronics devices.  Job activities span the whole product life cycle from early R&D to commercial deployment.  The successful candidate will work with systems, software, and integration/test engineers in the QCT sensors group

Job responsibilities include:

• Embedded software development in C/C++.  Implementing system algorithms, performance testing, code profiling, and optimization

• Embedding neural networks on Hardware accelerators, via Qualcomm internal or open-source libraries, such as TensorFlowMicro.

• Integrating ML and DSP algorithms in the sensors SW framework and performing offline and online validation and testing

• Understanding system and SOC hardware requirements and translating them into SW models and frameworks.

• Architecting software frameworks and module implementations on a variety of cores like CPU, MCU, and GPU.

• Development of prototype reference platforms that cover mobile devices, watches, hearables, etc.

• Collaborate with global systems, hardware, and software teams.

The position is technology focused and involves participation in a broad range of sensors systems engineering activities within the Sensors Technologies group.

Minimum Qualifications

• All Qualcomm employees are expected to actively support diversity on their teams, and in the Company
• Bachelor's degree in software engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 2+ years Software Engineering work experience.

• Candidate should have a strong knowledge of C / C++ and should be familiar with unit testing and system testing using frameworks like Google Test.

• Understanding of SOC architecture.

• Embedded and or mobile programming experience including optimization of algorithms to support low power and or low memory footprint.  Strong understanding of concepts like threads, memory management, registers, RTOS, etc.

• Programming in one interpreted language (Python, Perl, Ruby).

• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.

• Strong analytical skills and ability to work in a dynamic and fast paced team environment across geographic regions.

Preferred Qualifications

• The ability to implement MATLAB-coded algorithms in C, including both floating and fixed-point implementations.

• Experience modifying device drivers.

• Familiarity with peripherals like I2C, I3C, and SPI.

• Experience with version control systems (Git, Perforce, etc.).

• Hands-on experience on ML frameworks such as PyTorch and TensorFlow

• Experience implementing basic machine learning algorithms such as SVM's, neural nets etc. in C.

C, C++, Python, Digital Signal Processing (DSP), MATLAB, Machine Learning, Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Inertial sensors (IMU), Embedded Systems, Medical Sensors, PyTorch.

Where you will be working

Cork has a proud reputation as Ireland's second largest economic engine and is now one of the Top 20 location choices in Europe with 39,000 people being employed by over 170 overseas companies.
There's a growing diversity in the region with people from many nationalities relocating to Cork, relishing the opportunity to work and live in a location that offers an excellent quality of life.
A gateway to Europe, Cork airport provides access to almost 50 international destinations including transatlantic air routes.

Equal Opportunities
We are an Equal Opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any protected classification.

What's on Offer

Apart from working in an open, relaxed and collaborative space, you will enjoy:

• Salary, stock and performance related bonus
• Maternity/Paternity Leave
• Employee stock purchase scheme
• Matching pension scheme
• Education Assistance
• Relocation and immigration support (if needed)
• Life, Medical, Income and Travel Insurance
• Subsidised memberships for physical and mental well-being
• Bicycle purchase scheme
• Employee run clubs, including, running, football, chess, badminton + many more

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field.

*References to a particular number of years experience are for indicative purposes only. Applications from candidates with equivalent experience will be considered, provided that the candidate can demonstrate an ability to fulfill the principal duties of the role and possesses the required competencies.

Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.

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