Embedded Software Engineer (Snapdragon) - Safran Passenger Innovations

The Staff Embedded Software Engineer on the Platform Software team participates in the architecture, design, development, test, and integration of software required to produce displays and video systems used in commercial passenger aircraft. Must have experience with Qualcomm Snapdragon SoCs.

*Please note: The level and compensation offered for this position will be based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, qualifications, experience, education, and skills.

Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Design and implement software for embedded devices and systems - from requirements to production 
• Provide estimates for development effort 
• Support, maintain and improve existing platform software 
• Assess third party and open-source software and in some cases implement same 
• Analyze and enhance efficiency, performance, stability, and scalability of system resources 
• Integrate and validate new product designs 
• Interface with hardware design and development teams 
• Support software team members and other cross functional teams 
• Participate in design approach discussions 
• Review code and design, participate in peer reviews  
• Support software Quality Assurance 
• Write and/or report status 
• Contribute/participate in DevOps/CI/CD pipeline 
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned 

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience in a related field (Electrical Engineering training or experience is advantageous) 
• 10+ years of experience working in a Software development  
• 3+ years of experience with Qualcomm SoCs – Board bring-up, driver experience, kernel development 
• Experience with Linux embedded operating system development 
• Experience with C, C++, Python, bash/sh 
• Low-level software expertise, particularly with Qualcomm 32- and 64-bit ARM SoCs: 

• Kernel development and maturity updates via porting and patch integration 
• Microcontroller firmware 
• Device drivers 
• Operating System 
• Boot Loaders 

• Experience in abstracting/wrapping/limiting access to Linux kernel-level functions 
• Experience with common embedded bus functionality: I2C, PCIe, SPI, MDIO, CAN, etc. 
• Experience with full video stack experience in Linux graphics environment 

• MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, H.265 video formats 
• Audio/Video (A/V) device drivers, A/V kernel modules and/or A/V libraries 

• Understanding of embedded circuit design and PCB schematics, particularly with ARM/x86 processors 

Benefits

The starting pay range for this position is $155,000 to $195,000 per year however, base pay offered may vary depending on the level, skills, experience, job-related knowledge and location.