Staff CPU Power Management Firmware Developer - Limits Management

Qualcomm · Hyderabad · 8–12 yrs experience · Posted 2026-06-17

Tech stack: C, C++, Java, Python

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Qualcomm India Private Limited
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering
Responsibilities: - As a CPU Power Management FW Developer
- you are responsible for working with a team on the enablement of the power management solution for Qualcomm's custom CPUs.
- You will collaborate internally to help define and implement embedded firmware to manage operation of the CPU subsystem within the allocated power and thermal budgets.
- You will also be responsible for helping characterize and tune this solution for all Qualcomm SoCs utilizing Qualcomm custom CPUs.
- In CPU Power Management FW developer role, with focus on limits management, you will be working closely both with the hardware power management and firmware development teams.
- You will have an opportunity to engage with third parties on enablement of new platforms, as well as providing input to our SoC and platform architects on future designs.
Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
- Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
- 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.
- Role and Responsibilities
- Drive the firmware design, implementation and verification, in pre-silicon and post-silicon environments.
- Assist in the definition Limits management solutions for future generation of Qualcomm CPUs.
- Actively engage with open source communities to contribute support for processor architectures, device drivers, and firmware features
- Assist in identifying skills requirements and in hiring engineers, collaborating with other teams on platform bring-up/debug/diags, firmware lifecycle, etc.
- BS/MS in Electrical, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science (or equivalent professional experience) with 8 to 12 years experience in embedded firmware development
- Self-starter who takes initiative and brings technical leadership
- Proficient writing and debugging C and assembly
- Driver development experience in RTOS or OS Kernel environments
- Demonstrated development experience with embedded OSes such as Zephyr, eCos, uC/OS or FreeRTOS
- Experience developing for pre-silicon environments including simulators and FPGA emulation
- Experience developing, characterizing and tuning solutions for power limiting, thermal limiting for an SoC subsystem will be a considerable plus.
- Familiarity with ARM v8 architecture.
- Development experience for a ARMV8 platform is a plus.

Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
- Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
- 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.
- Role and Responsibilities
- Drive the firmware design, implementation and verification, in pre-silicon and post-silicon environments.
- Assist in the definition Limits management solutions for future generation of Qualcomm CPUs.
- Actively engage with open source communities to contribute support for processor architectures, device drivers, and firmware features
- Assist in identifying skills requirements and in hiring engineers, collaborating with other teams on platform bring-up/debug/diags, firmware lifecycle, etc.
- BS/MS in Electrical, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science (or equivalent professional experience) with 8 to 12 years experience in embedded firmware development
- Self-starter who takes initiative and brings technical leadership
- Proficient writing and debugging C and assembly
- Driver development experience in RTOS or OS Kernel environments
- Demonstrated development experience with embedded OSes such as Zephyr, eCos, uC/OS or FreeRTOS
- Experience developing for pre-silicon environments including simulators and FPGA emulation
- Experience developing, characterizing and tuning solutions for power limiting, thermal limiting for an SoC subsystem will be a considerable plus.
- Familiarity with ARM v8 architecture.
- Development experience for a ARMV8 platform is a plus.

Responsibilities

- As a CPU Power Management FW Developer
- you are responsible for working with a team on the enablement of the power management solution for Qualcomm's custom CPUs.
- You will collaborate internally to help define and implement embedded firmware to manage operation of the CPU subsystem within the allocated power and thermal budgets.
- You will also be responsible for helping characterize and tune this solution for all Qualcomm SoCs utilizing Qualcomm custom CPUs.
- In CPU Power Management FW developer role, with focus on limits management, you will be working closely both with the hardware power management and firmware development teams.
- You will have an opportunity to engage with third parties on enablement of new platforms, as well as providing input to our SoC and platform architects on future designs.

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