Engineer, Staff - Kernel

Company: Qualcomm India Private Limited 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 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• OR Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• OR 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 Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
• 8+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• 3+ years of experience with Database Management Software.
• 3+ years of experience with API.
• 1+ year of work experience with Git, Perforce, or Source Code Management.

• 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, ARM subsystems etc.
  • Highly skilled in debug using any debugger like T32, gdb and crash analysis using 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.

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