Sensors Systems / SW Engineer – Sensors (Cork, Ireland)

Company: QT Technologies Ireland Limited

Job Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

General Summary:

Sensors-based technology enables a wide range of applications including navigation, gaming, advanced user interfaces, multimedia, and AR/VR experiences. This role offers hands-on exposure to advanced sensor technologies used in smartphones, IoT devices, wearables, smart glasses, and other consumer electronics. The position spans the full product lifecycle—from research and development through validation and commercial deployment—and involves close collaboration with systems, software, and integration/test engineers within the QCT Sensors Technology group.

Job Responsibilities Include

• Further develop, validate, maintain, and monitor the Qualcomm Sensors Team data collection platform.
• Support and manage global data collection campaigns involving Qualcomm staff, including hands-on participation in field data collection using mobile and wearable devices.
• Analyze, summarize, label, and generate metrics for datasets containing physical and virtual sensor streams, location data, and radio scans (Wi-Fi, WWAN, BLE) across smartphones, laptops, wearables, AR/XR glasses, and IoT devices.
• Create, validate, maintain, and document training, validation, and test datasets to support algorithm and feature development.
• Collaborate with global, cross-functional teams to support development and commercialization of sensor algorithms and features.
• Maintain and support sensor characterization equipment in Cork, including a rate table and drop-test equipment.
• The position is technology focused and involves participation in a broad range of sensors systems engineering activities within the Sensors Technologies group.
• The role contains occasional travel, physical/sports activities, and handling of objects with significant weight.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
• 2+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
• Hands-on professional experience with embedded systems in system integration, system design, or software development roles, preferably involving physical sensors, wireless radios, and location technologies.
• Applied experience with digital signal processing, probability, and statistics for analysis of physical sensor, location, or radio data.
• Strong programming skills in Python (3+), including professional experience using Pandas for data preprocessing, analysis, and summarization
• Working knowledge of MATLAB for data analysis or algorithm development.
• Experience creating, validating, maintaining, and documenting training, validation, and test datasets, including partial or full automation of workflows
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with clear written and verbal English
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, global, cross-functional environment

Preferred Qualifications

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