Company:Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area:Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary:

Job Description:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Embedded Software Engineer with a strong foundation in operating systems, C programming, and data structures. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise across software layers—from hypervisors and firmware to middleware and user applications—and demonstrate strong design thinking and problem-solving capabilities.

Key Responsibilities:

Design, develop, and debug complex embedded systems software.Lead architecture and design discussions; review design documents and code.Work across various software layers including hypervisor, kernel, middleware, and user space.Provide technical leadership, mentor junior engineers, and guide team deliverables.Collaborate with senior management to influence technical direction across the organization.Closely collaborate with other domain experts across SoC/Hardware, Firmware, Safety, Security and Algorithms to define the functional specifications, design modular software components and interaction models, well-defined public and private interfaces, resource management and debugging tools.Drive customer-focused development with a strong emphasis on quality and reliability.Lead the system level profiling and optimization of end-to-end use-cases, identify and address bottlenecks across heterogenous computational units and realize efficient implementations.Ensure compliance with ASPICE processes and automotive safety and cybersecurity standards.Contribute to the development and integration of VFIO frameworks and user-mode drivers.

Qualifications:

Strong OS fundamentals and proficiency in C and data structures.Proven experience in debugging and resolving critical software issues.Solid understanding of the VFIO framework and user-mode driver development.Familiarity with ASPICE, automotive safety, and cybersecurity standards.Excellent leadership, planning, and communication skills. Demonstrated ability to work with engineers, partners and customers, and across the different geographical sites and technology domains.Prior experience in developing NPU/NSP SW/FW would be a huge plus.Deep knowledge of system-level compute, memory and IO processing, inter-processor communication, performance characterization and optimizations.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 5+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.

• 3+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

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