Company:

QT Technologies Ireland Limited

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

General Summary:

This position is based in our Cork office - onsite 5 days per week.

Sensors Tools/SW Engineer (Cork)

Join us in shaping the future of sensors-based, low-power edge-AI technologies. Our work spans navigation, activity recognition, indoor localization, and privacy-preserving user behavior modeling—enabling intelligent experiences across multimedia platforms, wearables, IoT devices, and next-generation compute systems.

This role suits engineers who enjoy working across the stack, developing intuitive GUI tools and robust back-end solutions in MATLAB, Python, and C/C++. You will play a key role throughout the full product lifecycle, from early R&D innovation to real-world commercial deployment, collaborating with a highly skilled, cross-functional team in the QCT Sensors group.

Job responsibilities include:

· Strong programming skills in MATLAB, Python and C/C++, with experience developing production-quality tools

· Hands-on experience with MATLAB, particularly for GUI/tooling, algorithm development, and data analysis

· Experience building front-end and back-end components of engineering or analysis tools

· Solid understanding of software engineering fundamentals: modular design, version control, debugging, and testing

· Optimizing the DSP operations for edge AI, floating to fixed point implementation and optimizing bitwidths for embedding features on low-power devices.

· Embedded software development in C/C++ for fixed & floating-point based designs

· Communication of the design, results and issues to the product management, systems and SW leads

The position is technology focused and involves participation in a broad range of sensors systems engineering activities within the Sensors Technologies group

All Qualcomm employees are expected to actively support diversity on their teams, and in the Company.

Minimum Qualifications

· Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering/Science

· Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering/Science, or related field

· PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering/Science, or related.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field.

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.

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Sensors Tools/SW Engineer - Cork, IRL

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