#Wireless S/w Engineer
$114,500 - $171,700 USD yearly
Originally posted 18 September 2026 by the employer — open 1 day.
This role focuses on real-time embedded software for Qualcomm's modem subsystem (MPSS).
About the role
This role involves designing, developing, and optimizing real-time embedded software for Qualcomm's modem subsystem (MPSS).
What you'll do
- Design, implement, and optimize real-time embedded modem software across protocol layers, drivers, and platform services.
- Apply rigorous data-structure and algorithm design to build efficient, scalable firmware components.
- Own end-to-end feature delivery: requirements, architecture, implementation, unit/integration testing, on-target bring-up, and maintenance.
- Pioneer AI-native development practices within the team, integrating AI coding agents and establishing agent rules and prompt patterns.
- Build and maintain AI-assisted tooling for code review, static analysis, test synthesis, and automated crash/log triage over the modem codebase.
- Debug and root-cause complex, multi-layer issues on target hardware, leveraging AI-assisted analysis of logs, traces, and RAM dumps.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
Nice to have
- Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
- 1 year of experience with programming (e.g., C, C++, Python), computer architecture, or embedded systems.
- 1 year of applicable wireless, semiconductor, and/or embedded software industry experience.
- 6 months of WWAN modem development specific experience.
Skills: real-time embedded modem software, DSP and Arm architectures, RTOS-level components, AI-native development, WWAN modem development
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 58-day median for Embedded Firmware Engineering roles.
Embedded Firmware Engineering · Systems Software
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Open roles in category
719
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Median days open
58 d
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Median salary
$174k
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| Metric | Qualcomm | All employers we track in this specialty (719 roles · 75 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 124 | 719 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 722 | 5796 · 143 employers |
| Median days open | 59 d | 58 d (+1 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $174k |
Skills observed across this category: real-time embedded modem software, DSP and Arm architectures, RTOS-level components, AI-native development, WWAN modem development
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm (this employer) · 122 open roles · median 60 d
- Micron Technology · 62 open roles · median 66 d
- NVIDIA · 59 open roles · median 43 d
- AMD · 49 open roles · median 29 d
- Lattice Semiconductor · 47 open roles · median 11 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 33 open roles · median 59 d
How we counted: 719 open Embedded Firmware Engineering (Systems Software) roles from 75 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 19 Sept 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.