CHENNAI · FULLTIME
Staff Engineer - Core Platform (Linux Drivers & System Software)
Qualcomm
Chennai · onsite · Posted 57d ago
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About this role
Company: Qualcomm India Private Limited
Job Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering
Job Summary We are seeking a highly skilled Staff Engineer Core Platform to develop and enable Linux-based system software for next-generation SoCs. The role focuses on Linux kernel driver development, bootloader integration (UBoot), and system bring-up, including debugging and performance optimization across key hardware subsystems.
Key Responsibilities - Lead SoC bring-up (pre-silicon post-silicon) and platform enablement
- Develop and maintain Linux kernel device drivers
- Linux Stability / Crash analysis debugging
- Enable and debug boot flow (ROM UBoot Linux)
- Design and support Board Support Package (BSP) components
- Debug system-level issues (HW/SW interaction, kernel crashes, boot failures)
- Optimize system performance, latency, and power efficiency
- Perform code reviews, design reviews, and mentoring
- Collaborate with hardware, firmware, and external ecosystem teams
- Strong proficiency in C programming
- In-depth knowledge of Linux kernel internals
- Strong understanding of embedded systems and RTOS concepts
- Peripheral DMA / Interrupt handling
- PCIe/USB subsystem
- Storage drivers: NAND, NOR, eMMC
- Clock, power management, reset frameworks
- I2C, SPI, UART, GPIO drivers
- Audio drivers (PCM/ALSA)
- Experience with UBoot development and debugging
- Strong understanding of boot architecture and memory initialization
- Familiarity with flash subsystems (QSPI / SPI NAND / eMMC)
- Experience with JTAG / Lauterbach / TRACE32
- Linux debugging tools: dmesg, printk, ftrace, crash analysis
- Strong skills in system-level debugging and issue root cause analysis
- 10+ years of experience in embedded systems / Linux kernel development
- Proven experience in SoC bring-up and BSP development
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
- Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
- 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 languages such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.
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Skills
Linux debuggingc programmingGpioFirmwareBootloaderBoard Support PackageKernelBspJTAGAlsaDriver DevelopmentBsp DevelopmentEmbedded SystemslauterbachdebuggingDebugCrash AnalysisJavaArchitectureLinux
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