Senior Engineer

Qualcomm · Greater Hyderabad Area

  • Experience3–5 yrs
  • SalaryNot disclosed
  • Work modeonsite
  • Posted29 Sept 2026

About Qualcomm

Qualcomm is hiring in Greater Hyderabad Area in semiconductors electronics. This role looks for around 3+ years of experience.

Skills

  • RTOS
  • C
  • Python
  • Assembly
  • RISC-V
  • ARM
  • Processor Architecture
  • LLDB
  • JTAG

The role

An embedded software engineer at a semiconductor electronics company develops RTOS software for ARM and RISC-V processors, using C and Assembly for kernel programming and processor architecture. Expertise includes Python and LLDB/JTAG.

Full job description

Company

Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary

Title: Senior EngineerJob Function:Design, develop, test and support Zephyr RTOS for ARM and RISC-V in Qualcomm SoCs.As a Core Platform Kernel software engineer, you will be part of a team of software engineers who are passionate about kernel level programming with keen attention to write high performance code for resource-constrained processors.Continually enhance the OS to support new SoC features.Enhance power savings features.Enhance security.Provide new OS functionality to meet the demands of customers.

Skills/Experience:3-5 years of Software Engineering or related work experience.Strong analytical, mathematical and debugging skills.3-5 years experience with programming languages such as C and Python.Strong knowledge of pointers and data structures (e.g. linked lists, trees, sorting).3+ years experience working with Assembly language.3+ years experience working on software for RISC-V or ARM processors.Hardware and architectural knowledge/experience (Processor Architecture, Cache, Interrupts, Memory Barriers, Strong Ordering, etc.).3+ years experience using Emulator, Simulator environments, LLDB/JTAG debuggers and profilers.3+ years experience working on real-time operating systems for embedded systems.Thorough RTOS knowledge and experience, including:MutexesSpinlocksQueuesSignalingEventsDeferred Function Calls & CallbacksMulti-thread and Multi-process environmentsConcurrency scenarios

Responsibilities:RTOS development.LLDB/Debugger development.Safe RTOS development.

Education Requirements:B.Tech. or M.Tech. in Computer Science Engineering or equivalent engineering degree.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.

OR

Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Software Engineering or related work experience.

OR

PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.

2+ years of academic or work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

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