Senior Lead/Senior Engineer - WLAN

Qualcomm · Bengaluru · 3–5 yrs experience · Posted 2026-02-24

Tech stack: C, Linux

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Qualcomm India Private Limited
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Systems Engineering
Responsibilities: - 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 Systems Engineer, you will research
- design, develop, simulate, and/or validate systems-level software, hardware, architecture, algorithms, and solutions that enables the development of cutting-edge technology.
- Qualcomm Systems Engineers collaborate across functional teams to meet and exceed system-level requirements and standards.
Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
- Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
- PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
- We are looking for an individual who is both passionate about software development and has hands-on experience with embedded wireless development.
- The role requires an engineer with good knowledge of WLAN specifications, motivated about delivery of high-quality software with data driven software development and prototyping approach.
- Knowledge of Qualcomm WLAN products (mobile or access point architecture) is desired.
- Experience in applying of machine learning technology in wireless domain would be a plus.
- The current role requires:
- WLAN specification knowledge.
- Understanding of QC WLAN architecture is a desired.
- Designing and coding experience in multi-threaded embedded platform
- Working with various stakeholders across Systems and Test charter to steer prototyping efforts
- Ability to analyze, diagnose system level issues and explore various algorithms.
- Exhibiting self-learning and continuous passion for exploring Minimal Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in communication engineering, computer science, or related field.
- 3-5 years’ experience designing & developing high quality software
- 3-5 years’ experience with Programming and debugging in C.
- Demonstrated experience in understanding legacy software systems and collaborating with cross functional teams during software development lifecycle In depth understanding of algorithms, data structure, embedded software architecture
- Strong knowledge of networking concepts (e.g. routing), especially on Linux and socket programming.
- Good communication skills both verbal and written.
- Experience diagnosing issues that span firmware, driver, and hardware, including use of logs, traces, register dumps, and firmware assertions/crash analysis
- Hands-on experience working with embedded wireless firmware environments, including bring-up, feature development, and debugging across control and data paths
- Master’s degree in communication, computer science or relevant stream
- Experience with wireless family of protocols (Wi-Fi, BT) theory and practice a plus
- Experience in deriving software requirements from system specification and design to implementation to delivery
- Experience in ideation leading to patent filing
- Understanding of Hostapd, Supplicant, Android WLAN APIs is a plus
- 1+ years’ experience with application of ML algorithms to solve problems

Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
- Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
- PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
- We are looking for an individual who is both passionate about software development and has hands-on experience with embedded wireless development.
- The role requires an engineer with good knowledge of WLAN specifications, motivated about delivery of high-quality software with data driven software development and prototyping approach.
- Knowledge of Qualcomm WLAN products (mobile or access point architecture) is desired.
- Experience in applying of machine learning technology in wireless domain would be a plus.
- The current role requires:
- WLAN specification knowledge.
- Understanding of QC WLAN architecture is a desired.
- Designing and coding experience in multi-threaded embedded platform
- Working with various stakeholders across Systems and Test charter to steer prototyping efforts
- Ability to analyze, diagnose system level issues and explore various algorithms.
- Exhibiting self-learning and continuous passion for exploring Minimal Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in communication engineering, computer science, or related field.
- 3-5 years’ experience designing & developing high quality software
- 3-5 years’ experience with Programming and debugging in C.
- Demonstrated experience in understanding legacy software systems and collaborating with cross functional teams during software development lifecycle In depth understanding of algorithms, data structure, embedded software architecture
- Strong knowledge of networking concepts (e.g. routing), especially on Linux and socket programming.
- Good communication skills both verbal and written.
- Experience diagnosing issues that span firmware, driver, and hardware, including use of logs, traces, register dumps, and firmware assertions/crash analysis
- Hands-on experience working with embedded wireless firmware environments, including bring-up, feature development, and debugging across control and data paths
- Master’s degree in communication, computer science or relevant stream
- Experience with wireless family of protocols (Wi-Fi, BT) theory and practice a plus
- Experience in deriving software requirements from system specification and design to implementation to delivery
- Experience in ideation leading to patent filing
- Understanding of Hostapd, Supplicant, Android WLAN APIs is a plus
- 1+ years’ experience with application of ML algorithms to solve problems

Responsibilities

- 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 Systems Engineer, you will research
- design, develop, simulate, and/or validate systems-level software, hardware, architecture, algorithms, and solutions that enables the development of cutting-edge technology.
- Qualcomm Systems Engineers collaborate across functional teams to meet and exceed system-level requirements and standards.

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