Engineer, Senior Staff
Qualcomm · Hardware & Semiconductors
- Bengaluru, KA, India
- On-site
- Posted today
- Software Engineering
About the job
Company:
Qualcomm India Private Limited
Job Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Applications Engineering
General Summary:
Role Overview
We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Staff Engineer (15+ years) to lead strategic automotive programs and serve as a technical authority for next-generation software-defined vehicle platforms.
This role requires a rare combination of deep platform architecture expertise, customer engagement, system-level problem solving, and cross-functional technical leadership. The candidate will work directly with global OEMs, Tier-1 partners, product teams, and engineering organizations to define architecture, drive platform adoption, and resolve the most complex hardware and software challenges.
The ideal candidate is a recognized technical leader who can seamlessly operate from executive-level technical discussions down to kernel, driver, and silicon-level debugging.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Program Leadership
Platform Architecture & Design Leadership
o Android Automotive (AAOS)
o Linux BSP & Kernel
o QNX Neutrino
o Hypervisor & Virtualization
o Middleware and Platform Services
o Security and Safety Frameworks
Deep System Debug & Root Cause Analysis
o Boot and startup issues
o Memory management problems
o Performance bottlenecks
o System stability issues
o Virtualization challenges
o Storage and file system problems
o Security and access violations
Customer & Technical Engagement
Technical Leadership
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Preferred Technical Expertise
Operating Systems
Embedded Platform Architecture
System Software
Debugging & Analysis
Automotive Domain
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Candidate Profile
Minimum Qualifications:
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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.
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