Senior Lead/ Senior Engineer/Engineer

About the Role

Qualcomm Software Engineers design, develop, create, modify, and validate embedded and cloud edge software, applications, and/or specialized utility programs. They collaborate with systems, hardware, architecture, test engineers, and other teams to design system-level software solutions and obtain information on performance requirements and interfaces.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with cross teams to develop and support various features in Linux kernel to support Android on Qualcomm Snapdragon Chipsets.
• Work on latest bleeding edge ARMv9 CPUs and features.
• Closely work with power and performance teams to analyze and identify performance bottlenecks and implement optimizations.
• Enable and support other teams that use supported Linux kernel features.
• Identify and support core set of tools for assisting Linux Kernel development, debug, and support.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Programming Languages: C, C++, Java, Python.
• Operating Systems: Linux Kernel, Android.
• Kernel Subsystems: core kernel, device drivers, memory, SMMU, ARM subsystems.
• Debugging Tools: T32, gdb, crash analysis (using T32, crash utility).
• Other Tools: tracing tools, tool chain, version control.

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• OR Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• OR PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• 2+ years of academic or work experience with programming languages such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.
• Preferred Qualifications:
• Master's degree in engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science or related field.
• 5+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• Excellent knowledge of OS fundamentals, data structures, Linux kernel, and the device driver model.
• Excellent programming skills and expert level knowledge of C.
• Specific experience and expertise in any of kernel subsystems – core kernel, device drivers, memory, SMMU, ARM subsystems.
• Highly skilled in debug using any debugger like T32, gdb and crash analysis using T32, crash utility.
• Expert in using tracing and other related tools to identify performance bottlenecks and solve them.
• Well versed with other development tools like tool chain, version control.
• Background experience in Android is a plus.

Education

• Bachelors or Masters in CS or ECE.