Lead Engineer, Senior - Kernel Development

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
• ORMaster''s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience
• ORPhD 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

Preferred Qualifications:

5+ 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