Lead Engineer Senior

Company:Qualcomm India Private Limited
Job Area:Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Applications Engineering

General Summary:

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 Application Engineer, you will provide technical expertise of software systems through technical presentations in support of business development, product demonstrations, design and development of customer specific requirements, commercialization, and maintenance of Qualcomm products. Qualcomm Engineers collaborate with cross-functional teams and customers to address questions, issues, debugging, or troubleshooting regarding software systems and applications.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience
OR
PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience.
• 1+ year of any combination of academic and/or work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.
• 1+ year of any combination of academic and/or work experience with debugging techniques.

Domain: Embedded Systems / BSP

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, integrate, and maintain Board Support Package (BSP) components for SoC platforms across different operating systems (Linux/Android/QNX/RTOS).
• Work on SoC infrastructure bring-up, including boot flow (Bootloader, DDR, UEFI, kernel), platform initialization, and hardware enablement.
• Debug and resolve system-level issues during board bring-up, including boot failures, crashes, power/performance problems, and peripheral integration issues.
• Collaborate with hardware, firmware, and subsystem teams to enable end-to-end platform functionality and ensure alignment with SoC design.
• Perform low-level debugging using logs, traces, dump analysis, and tools (e.g., JTAG, UART, memory dumps) to identify root cause.
• Develop and enhance platform drivers, middleware, and system utilities for SoC infrastructure.
• Support customer bring-up and issue resolution, including triaging field issues and providing timely fixes/workarounds.
• Participate in design reviews, system architecture discussions, and integration planning to ensure robust BSP implementation.
• Optimize system for performance, power, and stability across different use cases and platforms.
• Contribute to automation, validation frameworks, and test methodologies to improve platform quality and bring-up efficiency.

Qualification: BE/B.Tech/M.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering or Electrical Engineering

Job function: Will be working on BSP SW driver development in customer engineering team.

Skills/experience:

• 3–6 years of experience in embedded systems development
• Strong in C programming, OS concepts, Data Structures, Computer Architecture and Problem analysis skills.
• In depth Knowledge in Linux Kernel, FreeRTOS or Embedded RTOS
• Very good exposure to Embedded systems & Real Time Operating systems concepts.
• Good knowledge of SoC architecture, and system-level debugging.
• Experience in using debugging tools like Lauterbach and Trace tools.
• Good exposure on processor architecture (ARM preferred), DDR, Interrupts, GPIOs, Clocks,.. etc.
• Ability to analyze, triage and debug complex system level problems and issues.
• Good Problem solving & analysis skills; Good communication and enthusiasm to learn.
• Embedded Core driver working experience if possible.
• Ability to learn and work together in a team. Must be a Team player.
• Experience in Automotive systems and familiarity with QNX is an added advantage.

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