Senior Lead/Senior Engineer - Static Analysis & Agentic AI

QUALCOMM, Inc.; India; On-site; INR 700,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm India Private Limited is seeking a Senior Lead/Senior Engineer to provide hands‑on technical leadership for static‑analysis engineering across Linux, Android, embedded, and kernel C/C++ platforms.

The role combines deep expertise in program analysis, build/toolchain architecture, static‑analysis platforms, and Agentic AI with cross‑team execution and mentorship responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or higher in CS/Engineering with 3+ years in security engineering or related work.
• Advanced programming skills in C/C++ and Python.
• Experience designing or scaling static-analysis solutions.

Responsibilities

• Architect and scale static‑analysis solutions across Linux, Android, embedded, and kernel software.
• Lead advanced program analysis, checker/model development, and remediation strategies.
• Design reusable integration across build systems, toolchains, variants, and CI/CD.
• Architect Agentic AI workflows for scan health, triage, root‑cause analysis, remediation, and validation.
• Define standards for analysis quality, coverage, accuracy, and observability.
• Lead designs, mentor engineers, and collaborate across software, build, security, DevOps, and AI teams.

Skills

C/C++ proficiency

Python

Static analysis

Compiler tooling

Agentic AI

Leadership

Education

B.E./B.Tech in CS/Eng

M.E./M.Tech

PhD

Tools

Klocwork

Coverity

CodeQL

Clang/LLVM

GCC/Clang toolchains

Build systems (Make/Kconfig, Ninja)

Job description

Company:

Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Security 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. Qualcomm Security Engineers perform security assessments, develop company products, and collaborate across functions to ensure performance metrics and product requirements are met.

We are looking for a Senior Lead/Senior Engineer to provide hands‑on technical leadership for static‑analysis engineering across large Linux, Android, embedded, and kernel C/C++ software platforms.

The role combines deep expertise in program analysis, build/toolchain architecture, static‑analysis platforms, and Agentic AI with technical leadership and cross‑team execution.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Security Engineering or related work experience.
• Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Security Engineering or related work experience.
• PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Security Engineering or related work experience.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field, or M.Tech/MS in a related discipline or PhD.
• 3-7 years of relevant experience in static analysis, compilers, program analysis, systems software, software security, or developer infrastructure.
• Advanced programming skills in C/C++ and Python.
• Demonstrated experience designing or scaling static-analysis solutions.
• Hands‑on experience building AI/LLM‑enabled or Agentic AI solutions.
• Experience leading technical projects and mentoring engineers.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and scale static‑analysis solutions across Linux, Android, embedded, and kernel software.
• Lead advanced program analysis, checker/model development, TP/FP analysis, and remediation strategies.
• Design reusable integration across complex build systems, toolchains, product variants, and CI/CD.
• Architect Agentic AI workflows for scan health, triage, root‑cause analysis, remediation, patch generation, and validation.
• Define standards for analysis quality, coverage, accuracy, AI evaluation, guardrails, and observability.
• Lead technical designs, mentor engineers, and collaborate across software, build, compiler, security, DevOps, and AI teams.

Required Skills

• Advanced C/C++ and Python development, debugging, and system-software expertise.
• Strong understanding of AST/IR, control/data flow, interprocedural analysis, taint analysis, symbolic execution, alias/points‑to, and object‑lifetime analysis.
• Strong experience with static‑analysis platforms such as Klocwork, Coverity, Parasoft, CodeQL, Clang/LLVM, or equivalent.
• Deep understanding of GCC/Clang, compilers, linkers, toolchains, cross‑compilation, and build capture.
• Strong experience with GNU Make/Kbuild/Kconfig and/or Android Soong/Ninja, plus familiarity with CMake, Bazel, Yocto/BitBake, Buildroot, or similar systems.
• Hands‑on expertise developing Agentic AI systems, including tool integration, stateful workflows, orchestration, guardrails, evaluation, and observability.
• Demonstrated technical leadership and ability to scale engineering solutions across multiple projects.

Preferred Skills

• Experience developing Clang/LLVM checkers, CodeQL queries, custom analysis rules, or compiler tooling.
• Experience with Linux kernel, firmware, BSP, device drivers, hypervisors, or embedded platforms.
• Knowledge of CWE, CERT C/C++, MISRA C/C++, AUTOSAR C++, ISO 26262, or ISO/SAE 21434.
• Experience with fuzzing, sanitizers, binary/runtime analysis, RAG, code search, MCP, and multi‑agent orchestration.

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