Engineer, Senior Staff

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In short

Qualcomm is seeking a highly experienced Senior Staff Engineer to lead strategic automotive programs and act as a technical authority for next-generation software-defined vehicle platforms. This role involves deep platform architecture expertise, customer engagement, system-level problem-solving, and cross-functional technical leadership, working directly with global OEMs and Tier-1 partners.

Responsibilities

Serve as technical lead for strategic automotive OEM and Tier-1 programs.
Drive execution of critical customer initiatives, platform readiness, and release milestones.
Partner with customer engineering, product management, systems, and development teams.
Lead technical reviews, risk assessments, escalation management, and executive updates.
Drive end-to-end software and platform architecture discussions across automotive products.
Review and influence designs spanning Android Automotive, Linux BSP & Kernel, QNX Neutrino, Hypervisor & Virtualization, Middleware and Platform Services, Security and Safety Frameworks.
Provide architectural guidance to customers and internal teams.
Influence platform evolution and long-term technology strategy.
Lead investigations of complex cross-functional issues involving hardware, firmware, kernel, middleware, and applications.
Drive root cause analysis of critical customer escalations and production blockers.
Analyze and resolve boot and startup issues, memory management problems, performance bottlenecks, system stability issues, virtualization challenges, storage and file system problems, and security and access violations.
Act as trusted technical advisor to OEM and Tier-1 customers.
Lead architecture reviews, customer workshops, and technical deep dives.
Translate customer requirements into platform strategies and engineering priorities.
Build strong relationships across customer, product, and engineering organizations.
Provide domain leadership across automotive software platforms.
Mentor engineers and technical leads across multiple technology areas.
Drive engineering excellence, debugging methodologies, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
Champion best practices in architecture, design reviews, and system analysis.

Requirements

B.Tech/M.Tech in Computer Science, Electronics, or related field.
15+ years of experience in embedded, automotive, and platform software development.
Strong experience working with OEMs, Tier-1 customers, and cross-functional engineering organizations.
Proven track record in platform architecture, system integration, and complex issue resolution.
Exceptional communication, technical leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ 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 5+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience.
OR PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience.
3+ years of experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.
3+ years of experience with debugging techniques.

Desired Qualifications

Recognized technical leader who can seamlessly operate from executive-level technical discussions down to kernel, driver, and silicon-level debugging.
Android Automotive OS (AAOS) expertise.
Linux Kernel & BSP expertise.
QNX Neutrino OS expertise.
Hypervisor & Virtualization Technologies expertise.
Embedded Platform Architecture knowledge (ARMv8/ARMv9, Scheduler, Memory Management, MMU, IOMMU/SMMU, Interrupt and Timer Architecture, DMA and Shared Memory Frameworks, Boot Chain and System Initialization, Multi-core Processing).
System Software experience (Kernel Development and Debugging, Device Drivers, Middleware Architectures, Platform Frameworks, System Performance Optimization).
Debugging & Analysis skills (Trace32, GDB, Crash Dump Analysis, Performance Profiling, System Tracing and Diagnostics, Cross-layer Hardware/Software Debugging).
Automotive Domain knowledge (Software Defined Vehicles, IVI/Cockpit Platforms, ADAS Platforms, Functional Safety, Automotive Cyber Security, Platform Integration and Validation).

Benefits

Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer.
Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process for individuals with disabilities.
Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities.
Qualcomm is committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities.

Skills

C++CPythonJavaARMv8ARMv9QNXLinuxAndroid Automotive OSGDBTrace32

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