Bootloader / Linux / Hypervisor

Qualcomm; Chennai District; On-site; INR 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading semiconductor company in Chennai is seeking an embedded software engineer with 2 to 6 years of experience to join their Core Platform Kernel & Services Software team. The role involves designing, developing, and integrating firmware features for various operating systems and ensuring strong collaboration across technical areas. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree or higher in a related field and experience in C programming and embedded systems. This is an opportunity to work on innovative projects within the SOC market segments.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of Software Engineering experience in related field.
• 1+ year of Software Engineering experience with a Master's degree.
• Experience in C programming and data structures.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and integrate SoC firmware features.
• Collaborate across technical areas including software, hardware, and architecture.
• Ensure coding is efficient and secure.

Skills

C programming

Embedded systems

RTOS

Linux kernel

Device drivers

Hardware interfacing

Attention to detail

Firmware design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science

Master's degree in related field

PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science

Job description

Qualcomm is seeking an embedded software engineer with 2 to 6 years of experience for the Core Platform Kernel & Services Software team. The Core Platform Kernel & Services software team develops and deploys drivers and Kernel Services responsible for achieving System level Debug, Diagnostic, and IPC to multiple subsystems on Qualcomm SOCs. These SOCs serve customers across the Mobile Handset, Compute, Automotive, XR/AR, Cloud AI, IoT and IIOT market segments. The team owns, maintains and develops drivers across multiple operating systems including, QuRT OS, Windows, Linux, QNX, FreeRTOS, Zephyr among others.

Preferred Qualifications

Ideal candidates will demonstrate the following:

Experience in C programming and data structures, especially in embedded systems.

• Working experience in RTOS or Linux kernel, or in device drivers and hardware interfacing.
• Hardware and architectural knowledge / experience (Processor Architecture, Cache, interrupts, Memory barriers, Strong ordering etc.,)

Qualcomm is looking for talented and enthusiastic engineers with strong interests in OS, kernel and computer architecture.

• Design, development and integration of SoC firmware features, diagnostics and test capabilities for QCT boot platforms.
• Strong coordination and collaboration across wide range of technical areas to include software, hardware, ASIC, integration, architecture, and emulation teams.
• Paying attention to the details during all phases of firmware design, development, integration, testing and release - Work with Emulation, HW design teams, as necessary, in verifying and debugging firmware, driver and resolving platform issues
• Efficient and secure (i.e. cognizant of not exposing security exploits) coding plus driving code review of firmware logic updates with all required stakeholders

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• 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.