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Lead Engineer, Systems Software & Platform Engineering
Qualcomm
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About this role
Job Summary
Qualcomm is seeking a Lead Engineer to drive platform software development, subsystem integration, technical execution, and system optimization for next-generation SoC products. The role requires broad expertise across Linux, Android, Zephyr, FreeRTOS, DSP, GPU, modem, connectivity, power management, and AI-enabled systems, combined with the ability to lead engineers and influence technical direction.
The ideal candidate is a hands-on technical leader capable of solving complex cross-functional system challenges while driving execution across multiple engineering disciplines.
Responsibilities - Lead platform bring-up, subsystem integration, and software enablement across multiple product programs.
- Drive root-cause analysis and resolution of complex issues spanning hardware, firmware, kernel, middleware, and application layers.
- Own delivery of critical platform capabilities and subsystem features.
- Optimize platform behavior across power, performance, memory, thermal, reliability, and user experience metrics.
- Lead investigations involving CPU, DSP, GPU, memory, storage, interconnects, clocks, regulators, thermal management, and connectivity subsystems.
- Drive customer issue resolution and support key product milestones.
- Partner with silicon, firmware, software, validation, and product teams to deliver scalable platform solutions.
- Provide technical leadership across Linux, Android, Zephyr, FreeRTOS, DSP, GPU, modem, connectivity, PMIC, power management, and AI/ML accelerators.
- Drive architecture discussions and technical trade-offs across performance, power, cost, schedule, reliability, and product requirements.
- Lead system-level debugging using instrumentation, tracing, profiling, and cross-subsystem analysis.
- Establish best practices for observability, performance analysis, and reliability engineering.
- Mentor engineers on architecture, debugging methodologies, and software engineering practices.
- Champion AI-assisted engineering workflows to improve productivity and software quality.
- Own execution of subsystem and platform-level deliverables.
- Drive technical planning, risk assessment, and mitigation activities.
- Coordinate execution across software, firmware, validation, and hardware teams.
- Lead critical bug triage, readiness reviews, and commercialization efforts.
- Provide technical status, execution updates, and risk assessments to leadership.
- Provide day-to-day technical leadership for engineering teams.
- Mentor engineers and support technical growth and career development.
- Drive engineering excellence through design reviews, code reviews, and debugging best practices.
- Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Support hiring and onboarding of engineering talent.
- Serve as a key technical interface for customers and internal stakeholders.
- Lead customer debugging sessions, technical reviews, and escalation management.
- Partner with product and program teams to align technical and business priorities.
- Communicate technical risks, trade-offs, and recommendations to leadership and customers.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related discipline.
- Experience in embedded systems, BSP, RTOS, Linux, Android, Zephyr, FreeRTOS, firmware, kernel, or platform software engineering.
- Strong expertise in platform architecture, subsystem integration, debugging, and performance optimization.
- Proven ability to lead complex technical initiatives across multiple engineering disciplines.
- Strong C/C++ programming skills.
- Deep understanding of modern SoCs including DSP, GPU, modem, Wi-Fi, connectivity, PMIC, power management, and AI accelerator subsystems.
- Experience with Linux, Android, Zephyr, FreeRTOS, heterogeneous computing, subsystem integration, and performance optimization.
- Expertise in platform bring-up, power optimization, performance tuning, crash analysis, and reliability engineering.
- Strong understanding of profiling, tracing, observability, and advanced debugging methodologies.
- Experience leading customer-facing debug activities and product escalations.
- Hands-on use of AI-assisted engineering tools including Claude Code, Claude CLI, GitHub Copilot, MCP agents, and automated engineering workflows.
- Strong architectural mindset with the ability to balance performance, power, cost, schedule, and product requirements.
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