Engineer - Linux Kernel Development

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 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.

OR Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Software Engineering or related work experience.

OR PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.

2+ years of academic or work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

Job Function

Work on Linux Kernel development for enabling and supporting Qualcomm Snapdragon Chipsets and products

Skills/Experience

• 1-3 years of Software Engineering or related work 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