SBOM Engineer, Senior - Cork, Ireland

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Qualcomm’s Open Source Engineering team works with internal and external stakeholders to develop, maintain, and enhance the engineering processes, tools, and systems necessary to support the organization’s open source, third-party software, and software supply-chain objectives.

As a Senior SBOM Engineer, you will help drive open source compliance, Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) governance, and software supply chain assurance across a diverse portfolio of products and technologies.

In this role, you will work at the intersection of software engineering, open source compliance, automation, and cybersecurity. You will analyze complex software systems, identify and assess open source and third-party components, generate and validate SBOMs, and partner with engineering, legal, security, and product teams to ensure compliant and secure software releases. The role also includes developing automation and tooling that scales compliance activities and integrates them into engineering workflows.

Responsibilities

• Perform open source and third-party software reviews, including license, dependency, and distribution analysis.

• Generate, analyze, and validate SBOMs using industry-standard formats such as SPDX and CycloneDX.

• Investigate software composition, transitive dependencies, and software supply chain risks.

• Develop automation and tooling to improve compliance, SBOM generation, and review efficiency.

• Integrate compliance controls into development, build, and CI/CD workflows.

• Collaborate with engineering, legal, security, and product teams to resolve findings and support product releases.

• Support customer, regulatory, and audit requests related to open source software and SBOM disclosures.

• Create and maintain technical documentation, standards, and developer guidance.

• Independently lead complex reviews and contribute to process improvements and operational excellence.

Required Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical field OR Master’s degree in an equivalent technical field.

• 5+ years of software engineering, open source compliance, application security, DevSecOps, or related experience.

• Strong Linux and software development fundamentals.

• Experience with Git and modern source-control workflows.

• Proficiency in Python and experience with one or more languages such as C/C++, JavaScript, Go, or Rust.

• Experience with build systems and package management ecosystems (Yocto, Gradle, Maven, npm, pip, etc.).

• Knowledge of open source licensing, compliance principles, and software development workflows.

• Experience generating or validating SBOMs and working with software composition analysis tools.

• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with SPDX, CycloneDX, VEX, or related software supply chain standards.

• Familiarity with tools such as Black Duck, FossID, ScanCode, ORT, Syft, or Snyk.

• Experience with containers, Kubernetes, and cloud-native environments.

• Knowledge of software supply chain security, vulnerability management, and regulatory requirements related to SBOMs.

• Experience supporting Linux, Android, embedded, or cloud-based products.

Where you will be working

Cork has a proud reputation as Ireland's second largest economic engine and is now one of the Top 20 location choices in Europe with 39,000 people being employed by over 170 overseas companies.

There's a growing diversity in the region with people from many nationalities relocating to Cork, relishing the opportunity to work and live in a location that offers an excellent quality of life.

A gateway to Europe, Cork airport provides access to almost 50 international destinations including transatlantic air routes.

Equal Opportunities

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.

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 (if needed)

• Life, Medical, Income and Travel Insurance

• Subsidised memberships for physical and mental well-being

• Bicycle purchase scheme

• Employee run clubs, including, running, football, chess, badminton + many more

Minimum Qualifications:

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Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Software Engineering or related work experience.

OR

PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.

• 2+ years of academic or work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

*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.

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