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Qualcomm Canada ULC
Job Area
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering
General Summary
As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm Software Engineer, you will design, develop, create, modify, and validate embedded and cloud edge software, applications, and/or specialized utility programs that launch cutting-edge, world class products that meet and exceed customer needs. Qualcomm Software Engineers collaborate with systems, hardware, architecture, test engineers, and other teams to design system-level software solutions and obtain information on performance requirements and interfaces.
New Headcount
Security-focused Embedded Software Engineer Role Overview
- Extensive expertise on security features like secure boot, firmware hardening, cryptographic protections, and secure provisioning.
- Perform threat modeling, risk assessments, and vulnerability analysis specifically for embedded systems.
- Support customers on documentation, trainings, workshops and debug customer issues on security functional areas.
- Specializes in securing embedded and connected devices
- Develops tools and training for secure product development.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Software Engineering or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
- 2+ years of academic or work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.
- Bachelor's/Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
- 5+ years of Security Engineering experience or related work experience.
- Low-level programming: C, Assembly.
- Processor knowledge: ARM / RISC-V.
- Debugging: Lauterbach Trace32, Practice scripts.
- Embedded software development experience.
- Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration.
- Excellent debugging skills.
- Security protocols: hashing, symmetric/asymmetric cryptography.
- Secure boot, attestation, platform-level security, ARM TrustZone.
- Debug tools: compilers, profilers, emulators, JTAG, logic analyzers.
- SoC architecture knowledge (core, cache, memory, bus, IO).
- Device driver development, RTOS.
- Git/Gerrit for source control.
- Familiarity with Linux-based embedded systems.
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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Pay Range And Other Compensation & Benefits
$94,500.00 - $141,700.00
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.
If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.
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