Engineer, Staff

Company: Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary

The team to work on next generation of smart devices. Help with software builds and integration. Focus on automation of workflow. We operate in a fast-paced, startup-like environment where you'll wear many hats, collaborate closely with internal and external teams, and dive into new challenges across multiple technology domains. If you're someone who thrives in ambiguity and loves solving hard problems, this role is for you.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and integrate platform software across Linux/Android, firmware, middleware, and subsystem interfaces.
• Support platform bring-up, feature enablement, and software readiness for new silicon programs.
• Debug and resolve complex issues spanning hardware, firmware, kernel, middleware, and applications.
• Analyze and optimize system behavior across power, performance, memory, thermal, and reliability dimensions.
• Diagnose issues involving CPU, DSP, GPU, memory, storage, clocks, regulators, and connectivity subsystems.
• Drive customer issue investigations and product defect resolution.
• Contribute to automation, observability, and engineering productivity initiatives.

Preferred Qualifications

• Expertise in embedded software development, system integration, Linux, Android, and RTOS platforms.
• Experience with multimedia and/or connectivity technologies.
• Exceptional analytical, debugging, and troubleshooting skills with a proven track record of solving complex system-level problems.
• Demonstrated ability to quickly learn new domains, operate effectively in ambiguous environments, and drive complex technical problems to successful outcomes.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and technical leadership skills.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• 2+ years of work experience with programming languages such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

Applicants

Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities.

Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.