Senior Staff, Mgr Software Engineer - Hypervisor

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Design, development, and integration of SoC firmware features, diagnostics, and test capabilities for QCT boot platforms.
• Coordinate and collaborate across technical areas including software, hardware, ASIC, integration, architecture, and emulation teams.
• Pay attention to details during all phases of firmware design, development, integration, testing, and release, including verifying and debugging firmware, drivers, and resolving platform issues with emulation and hardware design teams.
• Write efficient and secure code, drive code reviews of firmware logic updates with stakeholders.
• Ensure on-time execution of tasks and deliverables, managing dependencies with other teams to closure.
• Triage software issues, investigate defects, and resolve problems.
• Create technical documentation such as APIs, manuals, and user guides.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field with 6+ years of experience, or Master's degree with 5+ years, or PhD with 4+ years of experience in a related field.
• At least 3+ years of work experience with programming languages such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.
• Strong understanding or experience with C programming.
• Knowledge of computer architecture, operating systems, and kernels, including Linux, bootloader, or OS development experience.
• ARM CPU architecture knowledge, including IOMMU and ARM SMMU, hypervisors, and virtualization.
• Experience with multi-processing, multi-threading, concurrency, synchronization, and interfacing hardware via device drivers.
• Experience with secure coding practices.
• Proficiency with debugging tools such as GDB, Lauterbach Trace32, and understanding assembly language.
• Familiarity with real-time OS, toolchains, and system libraries (libc, etc).
• Experience with Python, shell scripting, and Linux-based development environments.
• Good communication and presentation skills.
• Experience in test development and automation.
• Contributing to open-source projects and demonstrated independent software design skills.
• Any automotive and functional safety experience may be relevant.

Nice to Have

• Master's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of Software Engineering experience.
• 5+ years of experience with Git, Perforce, or other source code management systems.
• Experience with secure coding and safety standards.
• Experience with automotive and functional safety standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
• Minimum 4-6 years of relevant work experience depending on degree.

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive salary ranging from $167,500 to $251,300.
• Annual discretionary bonus and opportunity for RSU grants.
• Comprehensive benefits package supporting work, home, and leisure.