Internship Overview

1. General Engineering Internships: The General Engineering Internships are for HW and SW Engineering students across many engineering teams in Qualcomm. 

About The Role
The SnapDragon Engineering team in Cork, Ireland is seeking interns across our Digital, Analog and Embedded Software Design & Verification teams.

The Cork site is home to a range of digital, analog and embedded Software teams working on cutting edge IP for the latest Snapdragon chipsets.

The team work on IPs related to encryption, power control, graphics, contextual awareness, debug, processing, analog sensing, high-speed connectivity, validation and embedded Software. Each team is working with the latest toolsets and flows on bleeding edge FinFET silicon nodes in 5nm and below.

Team members work directly with architecture, software, measurement and SoC teams in Ireland and other global Qualcomm locations. Successful candidates will have the opportunity to experience how leading-edge ASICs and SoCs in advanced CMOS processes for multi-function mobile platforms are developed and will develop a wide array of skills relevant to a future career in this exciting industry.

Minimum Qualifications
Relevant skills include experience with one or more of the following:

• Strong Interpersonal, communications and teamwork skills required
• Design, Coding and Scripting: Verilog or VHDL, C/C++, Python, Tcl/Perl/shell-scripting
• Verification Methodology using System Verilog/OVM/UVM
• Project work with FPGAs
• Knowledge of Low Power Design
• Knowledge of Analog Integrated Circuits
• Knowledge of wireless/wired communications and protocols, graphics/video multi-media, ARM processors or security algorithms 
• Excellent computer skills (Including, but not limited to: Windows, Office, Visio)
• Dedication to successful and thorough completion of assigned tasks.

Preferred Qualifications

• Enrolled in a bachelor or master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
• Coursework in the following areas: Circuits and Electronics, Signals and systems, Microelectronic Devices and Circuits, Semiconductor Devices, Feedback systems, Digital Integrated Circuits, Digital Signal Processing, Low power VLSI, Semiconductor Physics, Software Programming.
• Prior Work experience not required

2. Engineering Platform Enablement Internships: The platform enablement internship is focused on interns working on developing application on Qualcomm platforms like AR/XR headsets, Robotics platforms.

The SnapDragon Engineering team in Cork, Ireland is seeking interns across our Application Software and Embedded Software teams.

The Cork site is home to a range of embedded and application Software teams as well as hardware design teams working on cutting edge IP for the latest Snapdragon chipsets.

The team work on software applications related to machine learning & AI, Robotics, Extended Reality (AR/VR/MR), security, sensors & contextual awareness, and graphics processing.

Team members work directly with architecture, hardware and SoC teams in Ireland and other global Qualcomm locations. Successful candidates will have the opportunity to experience how leading-edge System software for multi-function mobile platforms are developed and will develop a wide array of skills relevant to a future career in this exciting industry.

Minimum Qualifications

Relevant skills include experience with one or more of the following:

• Strong Interpersonal, communications and teamwork skills required
• Software, Coding and Scripting: C/C++, Python
• Knowledge of version control (GIT Preferred)
• Knowledge of Operating Systems (Android/Linux)
• Knowledge of ARM, RISCV and SIMD Processors
• Excellent computer skills (Including, but not limited to: Windows, Office, Visio)
• Dedication to successful and thorough completion of assigned tasks.

Preferred Qualifications

• Enrolled in a Bachelor or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
• Coursework in the following areas: Software Programming, Robotics, Extended Reality, Machine Learning, AI, Graphics, Operating Systems, Game Development Engines (Unity/Unreal), Digital Signal Processing
• Prior Work experience not required
• C/C++/C#  
• Python and/or Java
• Software best practices
  • Version Control – GIT
  • CI/CD
  • Bug tracking – Jira (Atlassian Tools)