Graphics Firmware Engineer

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > GPU ASICS Engineering

General Summary:

Qualcomm’s GPUs Command Processor team is responsible for designing the GPU controller which takes command streams from the Graphis Driver and configures and commands the GPU to render graphics.

As a member of our team, you will be working closely with architects, designers, verification, software and uCode engineers, developing the uCode that drives one of several proprietary RISC processors in the system. Your development platform will primarily exist in an RTL simulation environment so you must be comfortable interpreting waveforms using the Verdi visualization tool. The uCode and RTL work closely together at the lowest levels so you should be comfortable analyzing RTL to understand problems and in formulating proposals for RTL based improvements/solutions.

In this position, you will also be responsible for providing debug support from pre- through post-silicon and finding root-cause of bugs and proposing uCode work-arounds. We are looking for highly motivated engineers that enjoy working in a fast-paced environment. Candidates must have strong communication and teamwork skills and approach difficult challenges as learning opportunities.

Candidates are expected to have experience in:

• Experience programming in Assembly Language
• Experience with Verilog/SystemVerilog
• Post-silicon enablement and bring-up
• Emulation environments for development and debug
• Debugging low level software, logic and electrical issues
• Debug tools including JTAG and kernel debuggers
• GPU and SoC architectures
• At least 5 years of relevant industry experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with at least one of: Perl, Python
• Experience with Makefiles

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
• Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
• PhD in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:

$161,800.00 - $242,600.00

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 – and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.

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