Senior Engineer - Embedded Software & Driver Development

Company: Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary

We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced Senior Engineer to join our embedded software team. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in low-level driver development, embedded system architecture, and hardware-software interaction. The role involves debugging, and optimizing software components for next-generation embedded platforms.

The candidate should possess a solid understanding of processor architecture, memory management, cache behavior, clocking systems, power management, and peripheral interfaces. Experience working closely with hardware teams during SoC bring-up, platform validation, and issue debugging is highly desirable.

Key Responsibilities

Work on device bring-up, platform initialization, and hardware enablement activities.

Debug complex system-level issues involving hardware and software interactions.

Collaborate with hardware, firmware, validation, and system teams to ensure feature delivery and product stability.

Analyze system crashes, performance bottlenecks, and power-related issues.

Optimize software for performance, power efficiency, and memory utilization.

Support integration and validation of new peripherals and subsystems.

Participate in architecture reviews, code reviews, and technical discussions.

Develop diagnostic tools, scripts, and automation to improve engineering productivity.

Contribute to technical documentation and knowledge-sharing initiatives.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electronics, Electrical Engineering

5+ years of experience in embedded software development.

Strong programming skills in C/C++.

Experience developing and debugging low-level software drivers.

Solid understanding of:

Embedded system architecture

Device drivers and hardware interfaces

Memory management concepts

Cache architecture and optimization

MMU (Memory Management Unit) concepts and address translation

Clock architecture and clock management

PMIC (Power Management IC) fundamentals

Interrupt handling and DMA concepts

Experience working with common embedded peripherals such as:

UART

SPI

I2C/I3C

GPIO

USB

PCIe

Ufs/emmc/sd

Experience using debugging tools such as JTAG, Lauterbach, or equivalent.

Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with ARM-based SoC platforms.

Understanding of boot flows, firmware, and system initialization.

Experience with Linux Kernel driver development or RTOS environments.

Knowledge of power management, clock frameworks, and subsystem interactions.

Experience with system performance analysis and optimization.

Familiarity with crash dump analysis and root cause investigation.

Exposure to security, virtualization, and memory protection concepts.

Experience with source control systems such as Git or Perforce.

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.

Desired Competencies

Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills.

Ability to work independently on complex technical problems.

Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Ability to lead technical discussions and mentor junior engineers.

Strong ownership and accountability for product quality and delivery.