5 days ago
Hyderābād, IndiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end Linux and Android software delivery from early bring-up through commercial launch.
- Own software release readiness, quality criteria, and approval of customer-ready builds.
- Drive system-level triage and closure of stability, crash, performance, memory, boot-time, and power issues.
- Identify and mitigate software risks across cross-functional global engineering teams.
- Serve as the primary technical interface across development, testing, customer, and program teams.
- Support customer engagements from requirements through commercialization and handle customer escalations.
- Mentor engineers and improve integration and triage processes while providing hands-on technical guidance.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field and 6+ years of software engineering or related experience; alternatively, a master's degree with 5+ years or a PhD with 4+ years.
- The posting also specifies 12+ years of software engineering experience focused on Embedded Linux or Android.
- At least 3 years of experience with programming languages such as C, C++, Java, or Python.
- Strong experience with the Linux software stack, including drivers, frameworks, and system integration.
- Strong understanding of the Embedded Linux stack, including bootloader, kernel, userspace, and middleware.
- Proven experience with software integration and release management for complex SoCs and with source control and build systems.
- Experience leading the full software development life cycle for a shipped consumer product.
- Preferred qualifications include a master's degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering and experience interfacing with external customers.
Benefits
- Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodations during the application and hiring process.
- The role is based in Qualcomm's Engineering Group and includes collaboration with global engineering and customer teams.
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.