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Qualcomm offers flexible work options tailored to our employee’s needs. These include a combination of work from home and working in our UK HQ in Cambridge.
Where you will be working
Cambridge, located in the East of England, 50 miles north of London, is a unique and beautiful city, renowned for its world-class university and the thriving cluster of high technology businesses that have grown up around it. Cambridge is well served by road and rail links, and is within easy distance of the major London airports
About us
At our Cambridge site we are focussed on pioneering IoT and automotive technologies, with engineering areas of excellence including, Analogue and Digital Design, Voice and Music (Hardware, Software, OEM Support, Innovation).
Cambridge is our largest office in the UK, with more than 600 team members including engineers, business strategists and support staff.
Equal Opportunities & Equal Pay
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.
Giving Back
Employees in Cambridge have a strong sense of community. We are encouraged through the philanthropic endeavours of the Qualcomm Foundation to support causes that matter to us.
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
- Life, Medical, Income and Travel Insurance
- Subsidised gym membership
- Bicycle purchase scheme
- Employee run clubs, including, running, football, chess, badminton + many more
Minimum qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
About the role
A graduate software engineer or postgraduate with up to 2 years of commercial experience will join our Voice and Music embedded applications development team in Cambridge, UK. You will develop embedded application software which spans across multiple disciplines e.g. audio, Bluetooth, sensors and UI. This role involves cooperation with various Qualcomm teams to design and develop software which has a direct impact on the experience of millions of Bluetooth earbuds and headphones users.
Minimum experience
- Degree (or equivalent qualification) in software engineering or a systems or electronics engineering course with a software component
- C programming language
- Familiarity with embedded systems
- Understanding of basic testing, coding, and debugging procedures
- Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal English communication skills
Preferred experience
- Python programming language
- Familiarity with automated unit testing principles and frameworks e.g. JUNIT, CXX Test, CPP Unit, Unity
- Familiarity with agile software development processes e.g. SCRUM, JIRA, CI
- Familiarity with software version control systems e.g. git, perforce, ClearCase
- Understanding of communication protocols e.g. TCPIP, WiFi, Bluetooth
- Understanding of audio concepts e.g. sample rate, audio codecs, signal processing
*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.
