Senior Embedded Audio Software Engineer
$117,800 - $176,600 USD yearly
Originally posted 29 September 2026 by the employer.
Work with audio software running on Snapdragon processors.
About the role
This role involves technically leading software design and development of embedded audio software, ensuring specified performance, latency, power, robustness, and stability.
What you'll do
- Technically lead software design and development of embedded audio software that runs on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processors.
- Perform high level requirements analysis, deriving engineering requirements and producing documentation.
- Troubleshoot and maintain software applications, framework, and drivers.
- Manage priorities, monitor progress, and take corrective actions for tasks.
- Communicate software development status, including mitigations to issues and risks.
- Collaborate effectively within and across teams to influence behavior and negotiate desired outcomes.
What you'll need
- 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.
Nice to have
- 4 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.
- Expertise in Multimedia or Audio software framework design and development.
- 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.
Skills: embedded audio software, Snapdragon processors, C/C++ programming, multi-threaded environments, embedded driver development
This role has been open 11 days — well below the 59-day median for Embedded Firmware Engineering roles.
Embedded Firmware Engineering · Systems Software
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Open roles in category
724
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Median days open
59 d
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Median salary
$168k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Qualcomm | All employers we track in this specialty (724 roles · 81 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 122 | 724 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 714 | 6035 · 146 employers |
| Median days open | 68 d | 59 d (+9 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $168k |
Skills observed across this category: embedded audio software, Snapdragon processors, C/C++ programming, multi-threaded environments, embedded driver development
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm (this employer) · 123 open roles · median 64 d
- AMD · 62 open roles · median 31 d
- Micron Technology · 62 open roles · median 89 d
- NVIDIA · 56 open roles · median 60 d
- Lattice Semiconductor · 41 open roles · median 31 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 27 open roles · median 79 d
How we counted: 724 open Embedded Firmware Engineering (Systems Software) roles from 81 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 10 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.