CareerPlan

Firmware Development Engineer, Sr. Staff

Santa Clara, California, United States of AmericaFull-time2026-10-06 → 2026-11-10

Core

Develop embedded firmware for CPU power management and performance in Qualcomm SoCs, including management controller firmware for boot, RAS, debug, and security services.

Role type

Sr. Staff Firmware Development Engineer (Embedded Systems)

Builds

Embedded firmware for CPU subsystems and management controllers within Qualcomm SoCs

Domain

Semiconductor / Embedded Systems / Power Management

Required skills

C, Assembly, RTOS/OS Kernel development, Embedded OS (Zephyr, eCos, uC/OS, FreeRTOS), Pre-silicon simulation/FPGA emulation, Interprocessor communication interfaces, ARM v8 architecture

Preferred skills

ARM v8 platform development experience, Technical leadership, Open-source community contribution

Technologies

C, Assembly, Zephyr, eCos, uC/OS, FreeRTOS, ARM v8, FPGA, Simulators

Responsibilities

Drive firmware design, implementation, and verification in pre-silicon and post-silicon environments; Define power management solutions for future generation CPUs; Engage with open-source communities for processor architecture support; Collaborate on platform bring-up, debug, and diagnostics.

Seniority

Sr. Staff, significant decision-making, minimal supervision