2 days ago
Bengaluru, IndiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Develop solutions for custom CPUs, including Linux kernel software, boot firmware, low-level libraries, drivers, and debugging tools.
- Optimize existing software and operating systems for performance, efficiency, and security.
- Enable new architectural features and develop software virtual platforms for pre-silicon and hardware environments.
- Define future high-performance SoCs and platforms with hardware, software, and performance teams.
- Identify hardware optimization opportunities and create platform optimizations and drivers.
- Work independently, communicate complex information to diverse audiences, and influence organizational decisions.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field with 4+ years of software engineering or related experience; alternatively, a master’s degree with 3+ years or a PhD with 2+ years.
- At least 2 years of experience with programming languages such as C, C++, Java, or Python.
- Deep understanding of computer architecture, high-performance designs, weak memory models, server platforms, and hardware/software interfaces.
- Proficiency in C, assembly language, build systems, and systems programming with Python or similar languages.
- Experience developing software virtual platforms, low-level boot firmware, and debugging tools before and after silicon availability.
- Experience building to UEFI, ACPI, and SystemReady platform standards.
- Preferred qualifications include a master’s degree and 10–15+ years of experience building software stacks for high-performance systems, including 10+ years of Linux kernel development.
About Qualcomm
Qualcomm is a public semiconductor company headquartered in San Diego, founded in 1985, that designs and sells wireless chipsets and platforms for mobile devices, automotive, IoT, and networking, notably the Snapdragon application processors and 5G modems. It also licenses a large portfolio of cellular patents to device makers, generating revenue alongside chip sales; its technology underpins many Android smartphones and emerging automotive and edge-compute systems, and it trades on NASDAQ as QCOM.