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Staff Engineer, Systems Software & Platform Engineering

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Qualcomm seeks a Staff Engineer in Bangalore, India, to develop, integrate, and optimize platform software for next-generation SoC platforms. This role requires expertise in Linux, Android, RTOS, and system-level debugging to support platform bring-up, performance optimization, and customer issue resolution.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and integrate platform software across Linux, Android, Zephyr, FreeRTOS, firmware, middleware, and subsystem interfaces.
  • Support platform bring-up, feature enablement, and software readiness for new silicon programs.
  • Investigate and resolve complex issues spanning hardware, firmware, kernel, middleware, and application layers.
  • Analyze and optimize system behavior across power, performance, memory, thermal, reliability, and user experience.
  • Diagnose issues involving CPU, DSP, GPU, memory, storage, clocks, regulators, thermal management, and connectivity subsystems.
  • Collaborate with silicon, firmware, validation, and software teams to deliver high-quality platform solutions.
  • Drive customer issue investigations from problem identification through root-cause analysis and resolution.
  • Contribute to automation, observability, and engineering productivity initiatives.
  • Own execution of assigned features and technical deliverables.
  • Support milestone planning, risk identification, and issue tracking.
  • Drive closure of critical software defects impacting product readiness.
  • Support product validation, characterization, and performance analysis activities.
  • Participate in customer debugging sessions and technical reviews.
  • Support analysis and resolution of customer-reported issues and escalations.
  • Communicate technical status, risks, and mitigation plans to stakeholders.
  • Work closely with architects, program managers, and engineering teams to ensure successful execution.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related discipline.
  • Experience in embedded systems, BSP, RTOS, Linux, Android, Zephyr, FreeRTOS, firmware, kernel, or platform software development.
  • Strong programming skills in C/C++.
  • Experience with system-level debugging, performance analysis, and software integration.
  • Understanding of modern SoC architectures and subsystem interactions.
  • 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience (with Bachelor's/Master's).
  • PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field also considered.
  • 2+ years of academic or work experience with Programming Languages such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience with Linux, Android, Zephyr, FreeRTOS, DSP, GPU, modem, connectivity, PMIC, power management, and AI accelerator subsystems.
  • Experience with platform bring-up, subsystem integration, performance tuning, crash analysis, and reliability engineering.
  • Familiarity with system profiling, tracing, observability, and debug tools.
  • Understanding of system-level trade-offs across power, performance, memory, thermal, and user experience metrics.
  • Experience using AI-assisted engineering tools such as Claude Code, Claude CLI, GitHub Copilot, MCP agents, and related workflows.
  • 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.

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 to be able participate in the hiring process.
  • Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities.
#Software Engineering#Systems Software#Platform Engineering#SoC#Linux#Android#Zephyr#FreeRTOS#DSP#Connectivity#Power Management#AI#Embedded Systems#Firmware#RTOS
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Company

Qualcomm

Job Posted

3 weeks ago

Employment Type

Full Time

WorkMode

On Site

Experience Level

Mid-Senior

Locations

Bengaluru, India

Qualification

Bachelor, Master, Doctoral

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