Senior Engineer - Linux Kernel Development
Qualcomm · Hyderabad · 3–5 yrs experience · Posted 2026-06-19
Tech stack: C, C++, Java, Linux, Python
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About the role
Qualcomm India Private Limited
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software 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 Software Engineer, you will
- design, develop, create, modify, and validate embedded and cloud edge software, applications, and/or specialized utility programs that launch cutting-edge, world class products that meet and exceed customer needs.
- Qualcomm Software Engineers collaborate with systems, hardware, architecture, test engineers, and other teams to design system-level software solutions and obtain information on performance requirements and interfaces.
Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
- Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Software Engineering or related work experience.
- 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.
- Work on Linux Kernel development for enabling and supporting Qualcomm Snapdragon Chipsets and products
- 3-5 years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
- Excellent knowledge of OS fundamentals, data structure, Linux kernel and the device driver model
- Excellent programming skills and expert level knowledge of C
- Specific experience and expertise in any of kernel subsystems – core kernel, device drivers, memory, SMMU, ARM subsystems etc.
- Highly skilled in debug using any debugger like T32, gdb and crash analysis sing T32, crash utility etc.
- Expert in using tracing and other related tools to identify performance bottlenecks and solve them
- Well versed with other development tools like tool chain, version control etc.
- Background experience in Android is a plus
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
- Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Software Engineering or related work experience.
- 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.
- Work on Linux Kernel development for enabling and supporting Qualcomm Snapdragon Chipsets and products
- 3-5 years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
- Excellent knowledge of OS fundamentals, data structure, Linux kernel and the device driver model
- Excellent programming skills and expert level knowledge of C
- Specific experience and expertise in any of kernel subsystems – core kernel, device drivers, memory, SMMU, ARM subsystems etc.
- Highly skilled in debug using any debugger like T32, gdb and crash analysis sing T32, crash utility etc.
- Expert in using tracing and other related tools to identify performance bottlenecks and solve them
- Well versed with other development tools like tool chain, version control etc.
- Background experience in Android is a plus
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 Software Engineer, you will
- design, develop, create, modify, and validate embedded and cloud edge software, applications, and/or specialized utility programs that launch cutting-edge, world class products that meet and exceed customer needs.
- Qualcomm Software Engineers collaborate with systems, hardware, architecture, test engineers, and other teams to design system-level software solutions and obtain information on performance requirements and interfaces.