Engineer - Printer Firmware (Image Software)

Job Overview

Qualcomm has pioneered print interpreter software for over a decade and continuous to play a central role in print data rendering for printer firmware. It is one of the most widely used print language software in the industry, supporting all standard page description languages and their latest features. We are looking for professionals who are adaptable, quick learner and contribute to design, development, and day-to-day advancements in PDL feature sets. The development will be on Linux platforms. Responsible for multisite design/development and supporting customers/OEM. As part of the printer team, you will be closely working on Page Descriptive Language interpretation, imaging, display lists, rendering that involves color conversions, fonts, compression, print settings, device and job handling, etc.,

Minimum Qualifications:

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Thorough Embedded C programming knowledge & experience (especially pointers, structures, linked lists etc.,) & Assembly programming knowledge
• Hands On Experience for Product firmware with OOPs concepts.
• Thorough OS knowledge and experience (Mutex, spinlocks, Queues, Signaling, Events, Deferred function calls & Callbacks, Multi-thread & Multi-process environments, Concurrency Scenarios etc.,), Linux Knowledge (is preferred).
• 1+ years of experience with embedded system
• Knowledge and experience in firmware development with good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Flexibility to work across different technologies and teams
• Experience in one of the version controls like Perforce, GIT, etc.,
• Ability to debug, write tests and analyze test results.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and teamwork skills
• Familiarity with parallel-processing concepts such as threads, signals, priorities, semaphores, mutexes, race-conditions, deadlocks, etc.
• Must be proficient in C C++
• Experience in printer firmware especially in the raster and vector data handers, fonts, color managements, PDLs, Display Lists, rendering, bitmaps etc. is preferred.

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