Senior Firmware Engineer – 5G/6G Modem – Hod HaSharon

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In short

Qualcomm seeks a Senior Firmware Engineer for their Modem Firmware team in Hod HaSharon, Israel. The role involves designing and developing real-time firmware for 5G/6G cellular modems, focusing on performance, stability, and power efficiency. Requires strong C programming skills and experience in embedded systems.

Responsibilities

Design and implement cellular modem firmware, including control flows, scheduling, RF control, and state machines.
Translate system and 3GPP requirements into robust firmware design and implementation.
Develop modem features for 5G NR, LTE, multi-RAT operation, and emerging 6G technologies.
Design and optimize latency-sensitive firmware under strict real-time timing, memory, performance, and power constraints.
Work closely with modem systems, PHY, RF, and hardware teams to define and integrate end-to-end solutions.
Debug and perform root-cause analysis of complex cross-layer issues involving firmware, hardware, RF, and system interactions.
Contribute to feature development through implementation, bring-up, integration, validation, and commercialization on new modem platforms.
Participate in design discussions, code reviews, and technical problem-solving within the team.
Take ownership of assigned features and drive them from implementation through successful integration and delivery.

Requirements

B.Sc. in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent.
Strong programming skills in C.
3+ years of experience in embedded systems or firmware development.
Good understanding of real-time embedded systems, including interrupts, concurrency, synchronization, memory and cache behavior, and low-level control logic.
Strong debugging and problem-solving skills.
Ability to translate system-level requirements into firmware design and implementation.
Ability to independently investigate and resolve complex technical problems.
Self-starter with demonstrated initiative and ownership.
Commitment to delivering high-quality solutions in a fast-paced engineering environment.
Excellent collaboration and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively across multiple engineering disciplines.
Strong verbal and written English communication skills.

Desired Qualifications

Experience developing real-time firmware for DSP, MCU, or heterogeneous SoC architectures.
Experience with cellular modem firmware development.
Experience with modem-to-RF control, RF management, or timing-critical RF control loops.
Experience with system firmware, scheduler design, control logic, or control-plane implementation.
Experience interpreting 3GPP specifications and translating requirements into modem software or firmware implementations.
Experience working close to hardware, including registers, interrupts, DMA, timers, memory, and cache.
Experience with memory-constrained, compute-intensive, and performance-critical embedded systems.
Semiconductor industry experience involving real-time embedded development, SoC platforms, or silicon bring-up.
Experience debugging complex hardware/firmware interactions and performing root-cause analysis.
Experience with lab and debugging equipment such as protocol analyzers, oscilloscopes, probes, or similar tools.
Experience using AI-assisted software development tools such as Claude Code, codex, or equivalent tools to improve development productivity and code quality.

Benefits

Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer.
Commitment to providing an accessible hiring process for individuals with disabilities.
Commitment to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities.
Expects employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including security and confidential information requirements.