Senior Lead Engineer - Linux Kernel Development, Software Engineering

Company:

Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary:

As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm Software Engineer, you will design, develop, create, modify, and validate embedded and cloud edge software, applications, and/or specialized utility programs that launch cutting-edge, world class products that meet and exceed customer needs. Qualcomm Software Engineers collaborate with systems, hardware, architecture, test engineers, and other teams to design system-level software solutions and obtain information on performance requirements and interfaces.

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 Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

•    Master's degree in engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field. 

•    5-7 years of Software Engineering or related work experience

• Job function: Work on Linux Kernel development for enabling and supporting Qualcomm Snapdragon Chipsets and products

• Skills/experience:

  • Excellent knowledge of OS fundamentals, data structure, 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 etc.

  • Highly skilled in debug using any debugger like T32, gdb and crash analysis sing T32, crash utility etc.

  • 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 etc.

  • Background experience in Android is a plus

• 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 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

• Education requirements: Bachelors or Masters in CS or ECE

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