Freelance Windows Driver Developer Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Company:
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Job Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering
General Summary:
This position is not eligible for Qualcomm immigration sponsorship.
Qualcomm Technologies Inc., the maker of the industry-leading Snapdragon SoCs, is the largest provider of complete chipset solutions for Microsoft Windows-on-Snapdragon products. Qualcomm is committed to developing solutions for the next generation of Windows-on-Snapdragon devices.
The ideal software engineer will act as a key member of an Agile Scrum Team and play a pivotal role in the end-to-end lifecycle of all Windows-on-Snapdragon product lines. Strong software development skills will allow you to gather requirements, design, and develop device power management, CPU/DDR power and perf management, Thermal management and related features for Windows OS based products. Communication and collaboration skills are essential and as part of Windows power software team you will be interacting
and coordinating with internal and external teams.
Looking for a self-starter with excellent people skills and software design and development aptitude to match.
The Ideal Candidate will have:

• Embedded Windows software and good driver programming skills.
• Solid understanding of Operating System concepts.
• Windows and/or Linux kernel and driver development experience.
• Understanding and experience in implementing power/thermal management driver software.
• Strong understanding of C/C++, Shell Scripting or Python skills and hands-on experience on debugging ARM or other SoC embedded systems.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong problem solving and debugging skills.
• Ability to co-ordinate across stakeholders and drive towards task completion.

Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ 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++, Java, Python, etc.
Additional Job Description
Preferred Qualifications:

• 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• C/C++programming.
• Windows OS internals and Windows Driver knowledge about power/thermal management.
• Windows Device driver programming and debugging with WinDbg, JTAG/other tools.
• ARM Processor architecture and Assembly Language.
• Experience with PC software - System BIOS, UEFI, ACPI, Drivers, Applications
• Embedded OS (Kernel architecture, OS services heap, memory, multi-core, multi-threading, and crash debugging).
• Knowledge of OS/system performance profiling and optimization techniques.
• Communication, written & interpersonal skills, motivation, the ability to learn quickly.

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:
$111,300.00 - $166,900.00
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.
If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.