# Senior Embedded Software Engineer - Cork, Ireland

Company: QT Technologies Ireland LimitedJob Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software EngineeringGeneral Summary: Qualcomm is seeking a Senior Embedded Software Engineer to join the Core Platform Kernel software team. The Core Platform Kernel team develops and deploys real-time operating system (RTOS) software across multiple subsystems on Qualcomm SoCs, supporting Mobile Handset, XR, Compute, Automotive, Cloud AI, and IoT market segments. The team is responsible for the deployment and evolution of two RTOS platforms at scale: QuRT OS and Zephyr RTOS. As part of Qualcomm's continued investment in open-source software, this role will contribute to our Zephyr strategy and help expand Zephyr deployment across Qualcomm products. We are specifically seeking engineers who can develop high-quality embedded software, contribute to upstream Zephyr components, and work effectively with both Qualcomm engineering teams and the broader open-source community. This role is well suited for engineers who enjoy deep technical work, solving challenging system-level problems, collaborating across software and hardware boundaries, and building software that benefits both Qualcomm products a

- **Id**: 3866002
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/qualcomm-senior-embedded-software-engineer-cork-ireland>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: explicit
- **Locations**: Cork, Ireland
- **Countries**: IE
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T12:09:49Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T10:36:31Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 4
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 9697
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- **Benefits**: Education assistance
- **Relocation offered**: yes
- **Industries**: Processors, MCUs & AI Chips, Autonomous Driving, RF & Wireless Hardware, Car Electronics

## Company

- **Id**: 94
- **Name**: Qualcomm
- **Domain**: qualcomm.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/qualcomm>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Eightfold

### Truth index

- **Grade**: C
- **Score**: 69
- **Open postings**: 1044
- **Ghost share**: 0.257
- **Stale share**: 0.149
- **Repost share**: 0.45
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 73
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Edge AI** — Optional: no
- **Java** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Rest-Assured** — Optional: no
- **RTOS** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 4

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **Ireland** — Iso: IE; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T12:09:49Z

## Visa

- Country: IE; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Irish employment permits in 12 months: 148; Filings 12m: 148

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 3
- **Expected fill days**: 73
- **Reasons**: conf:1, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

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