Company:

QT Technologies Ireland Limited

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary:

Qualcomm is the leading provider of smartphone SoCs and software technology in the world. Our technology solutions bring function and high-speed wireless connectivity to mobile devices, powering the majority of smartphones around the globe. As part of the audio software global development team at Qualcomm, you will have the opportunity to work with an international team of hardware, systems, and software engineers to develop and integrate cutting edge audio technology on DSP platforms powered by Qualcomm SoCs. Qualcomm SoCs provide integrated solutions for smart phone, computing, entertainment, automotive, connectivity, and IoT products worldwide. Audio software team drives the feature design, development, integration, and commercialization of audio software and applications on Qualcomms Snapdragon processors. Seeking passionate, ambitious, and technically gifted software engineers for developing embedded audio and voice software for smart phones, smart speakers, smart assistants, smart media boxes, and a wide array of other smart devices for the mobile, compute, connectivity, automotive, and IoT product spaces. At the same time, Qualcomm audio software team, as technology leader, is embarking on a journey to expand its contribution to open source ecosystem. You will have the opportunity to be part of the initiative to build up AudioReachTM open source project from infancy and engage with developers from broader audio software ecosystem in order to gain wider community support for the project. Please apply if interested and prepared for this exciting but challenging opportunity.

*Please note this role will require 5 days per week onsite in our Cork office*

Minimum Qualifications:

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

• 2+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

Preferred Qualifications

8+ years of Embedded Software development with relevant industry experience.
Excellent C/C++ programming, Python and other scripting language skills with proven experience of writing efficient code for embedded systems and multi-threaded environments.
Knowledge of software design patterns and multi-threaded programming.
Knowledge of computer architecture, real time operating systems, data structures, and basic algorithms.
Understanding of power, memory and performance considerations on embedded systems.
Background and experience in several of the following areas
- Expertise in embedded driver development and debugging.
- Expertise in use of various debug tools and techniques.
- Experience in optimization techniques for memory and performance.
- Expertise developing and debugging software on ARM/DSP, or other embedded, processors and SoCs.

Multimedia/Audio Experience

Expertise in Multimedia or Audio software framework design and development.
Experienced in audio usage models including playback, recording, voice activation, voice call, audio context detection
Familiar with standard audio bus interfaces (I2S, TDM, SoundWire)
Familiar with driver development for audio mixed signal peripherals (CODEC, speaker amp, digital microphone)

DSP experience

Expertise in designing and optimizing audio DSP pipelines across heterogeneous compute (CPU/DSP/NPU), considering latency, power, and memory trade-offs.
Knowledgeable in real-time audio signal processing and fixed-point/floating point arithmetic
Experienced in integration of audio signal chain from capture to playback, including IPC, buffer management, and synchronization across OS and DSP frameworks

Open Source Experience

Passionate contributor or maintainer of established open source projects such as PipeWire, ALSA, and etc.
Understand open source community development, engagement, and upstreaming workflow

Experienced in both open source & product commercialization process

Where you will be working

Cork has a proud reputation as Ireland's second largest economic engine and is now one of the Top 20 location choices in Europe with 39,000 people being employed by over 170 overseas companies.
There's a growing diversity in the region with people from many nationalities relocating to Cork, relishing the opportunity to work and live in a location that offers an excellent quality of life.
A gateway to Europe, Cork airport provides access to almost 50 international destinations including transatlantic air routes.

Equal Opportunities
We are an Equal Opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any protected classification.

What's on Offer

Apart from working in an open, relaxed and collaborative space, you will enjoy:

Salary, stock and performance related bonus
Maternity/Paternity Leave
Employee stock purchase scheme
Matching pension scheme
Education Assistance
Relocation and immigration support (if needed)
Life, Medical, Income and Travel Insurance
Subsidised memberships for physical and mental well-being
Bicycle purchase scheme
Employee run clubs, including, running, football, chess, badminton + many more

*References to a particular number of years experience are for indicative purposes only. Applications from candidates with equivalent experience will be considered, provided that the candidate can demonstrate an ability to fulfill the principal duties of the role and possesses the required competencies.

Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e-mail disability-accomodations@qualcomm.com or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found here. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities. (Keep in mind that this email address is used to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. We will not respond here to requests for updates on applications or resume inquiries).

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Staff Software Engineer – Audio DSP Technology

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