Fast Track Construction - Engineer II - IoT Devices

Job Description :

Android Power optimization Engineer II

Minimum Qualifications :

- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.

OR

- 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++, Linux Android, Linux OS internals, Python, etc.

Job Description :

Qualcomm Snapdragon SOCs long battery life is built on industry leading power management architectures. As a member of the APPS Power Optimization Team you will contribute to the optimization of power consumed of various test cases for upcoming Snapdragon SoCs designed for mobile, IoT, Wear, AR/VR and modem products. You will work with engineers across a range of disciplines (e.g. hardware, software and systems) and technologies (e.g. advanced CPUs, Hexagon DSPs, Adreno GPUs, IoT, AR/VR, ML/AI, Wireless LAN, GPS, low power audio, and low power sensors).

Job Responsibilities :

- Debug and Analyze the high power issues in APPS SW.

- Find solutions to system level power and resource management problems.

- Influence the hardware design to improve power consumption or simplify the power.

- Conduct hands-on performance, power, and/or thermal studies to help optimize the SW power;

- Effectively communicate experimental results, review with technical leads and peers, analyze outstanding issues;

- Work with software teams, who implement modules that are clients of the power and resource management software, to gather requirements and provide guidance.

- Work with software teams to identify and fix performance bottlenecks that increase power consumption.

- Design tools to identify and debug power consumption issues on development platforms and commercial devices

- Invent and file patents on technical solutions to relevant problems

Preferred Qualification :

- 1 to 3 yrs experience in embedded software development and preferably on mobile or IoT devices

- Experience in programming with at least one programming language like C, C++, Linux Android, Linux OS internals, Python, etc.

Ability to approach problems at a system level - One or more of the following :

- Device driver or board support package (BSP) knowledge or development experience

- Experience with Linux

- Understanding of ARM processor architectures

- Experience with power optimization

- Excellent communication and presentation skills

- Experience in using debug tools like JTAG debugger, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers

- Excellent problem solving skills.