FY26 Intern - Embedded Software Engineering Intern - Canada (16 months)

Job Posting Date

2025-09-12

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Company:

Qualcomm Canada ULC

Job Area:

Interns Group, Interns Group > Interim Engineering Intern - Systems

Qualcomm Overview:

Qualcomm is a company of inventors that unlocked 5G ushering in an age of rapid acceleration in connectivity and new possibilities that will transform industries, create jobs, and enrich lives. But this is just the beginning. It takes inventive minds with diverse skills, backgrounds, and cultures to transform 5Gs potential into world-changing technologies and products. This is the Invention Age - and this is where you come in.

General Summary:

*Do you have an interest in how leading-edge consumer devices are created? Do you want to be part of a team that imagines, designs, and creates low-power, highly efficient hardware accelerators that go into your phones, laptops, watch, smart-glasses and automobiles?*

*Qualcomm’s display software team is looking for a candidate who will contribute to the design, development, and verification of leading-edge technology for our next-generation Snapdragon™ line of processors.*

*Our team develops the drivers and software components that accelerate processing of content from engines like the video decoder, camera and GPU through the Snapdragon® Adreno DPU (Display Processing Unit).*

The responsibilities in this position include:

• Design, code, test, and integrate drivers for Qualcomm’s Snapdragon™ chipsets with a focus on efficiency and robustness.
• Working with embedded software techniques including memory management, DMA acceleration, interrupt service routines, multi-threading, synchronization, and interface design (APIs).
• Developing software in a rapid paced environment and delivering drivers targeted for operating systems such as Android, Windows, Zephyr and Linux.
• Working in a global environment with teams and customers that depend on our technology to deliver cutting-edge consumer products.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Strong academic standing with courses focused on software/hardware interaction.
• Excellent programming skills in C/C++, at least 2 years of professional or academic experience.
• Experience in scripting with Python.
• Motivated to learn new technologies and skills related to image processing and hardware acceleration.
• Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to dissect larger problems and solving challenges through process of elimination.
• Effective interpersonal communication skills (written and verbal).
• Self-motivated, hardworking, and flexible.

Preferred Qualifications

• Basic understanding of frameworks such as DirectX, WDDM, and/or DRM.
• Basic understanding of ARM and RISC-V architecture and instructions.
• Basic understanding of image processing algorithms, image manipulation or color theory.
• Basic understanding of high-speed signals used in electronic devices.
• Basic understanding of electronics schematics and usage of tools such as an oscilloscope or logic analyzer.
• Experience building consumer electronics using development kits such as Raspberry Pi or Arduino.

Education Requirements:

• In study towards a bachelor’s degree in one of the following: Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Engineering Science, Computer Science, or related field
• Eligible candidates must have a graduation date in December 2027 or later, including May or June 2028.
• For 16-month internships: must be available May 2026 - August 2027

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