Staff Engineer - Linux Device Drivers

Qualcomm; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm India Private Limited in Bengaluru is seeking an experienced Linux device driver engineer for QCR-100 and related accelerators. You will develop and extend Linux kernel driver code for PCIe device setup, firmware loading, and DMA transfers.

The role requires strong C programming skills and hands-on work on kernel modules, with a disciplined software development process. Familiarity with SoC subsystems and PCIe is advantageous.

Qualifications

• Experience with Linux kernel driver development, kernel modules, sysfs and debugging techniques
• Experience with development in C
• Experience with git
• Willingness to work in a structured software development environment
• Ability to work on low-level implementation (code & test)

Responsibilities

• Develop and extend Linux kernel driver code for PCIe device setup, firmware loading, MHI bus, DMABUF importation, and DMA transfers
• Collaborate on kernel module development and debugging in a structured environment
• Work on low-level implementation tasks across hardware-software interfaces

Skills

Linux kernel driver development and C

C programming

Git

Structured development environment

Low-level implementation (code & test)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS/IS or related

Master's degree in Engineering/CS/IS or related

PhD in Engineering/CS/IS or related

Job description

Company

Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary

Job Description

The Qualcomm Cloud AI team is looking for a Linux device driver engineer for QCR-100 and related accelerators. These products accelerate image reprocessing and AI workloads. The engineer will develop and extend Linux kernel driver code related to PCIe device setup, firmware loading, MHI bus, DMABUF importation, and DMA transfers.

Familiarity with SoC systems including bus subsystems, DMA, PCIe and peripherals, synchronization mechanisms, as well as low speed peripherals will be beneficial.

Required Skills and Aptitudes

• Experience with Linux kernel driver development, kernel modules, sysfs and debugging techniques
• Experience with development in C
• Experience with git
• Willingness to work in a structured software development environment
• Ability to work on low-level implementation (code & test)

Desirable Skills and Aptitudes

• 6+ years of relevant experience
• Experience with Linux kernel PCIe stack
• DKMS-based management of kernel modules
• DEB or RPM packaging
• TCP/IP understanding (MTU, IP addressing, DHCP, kernel networking/netdev)
• Strong understanding of DMA, IOMMU
• Experience with 'SoC-as-a-Device' architectures or embedded Linux systems connected via PCIe.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
  OR
  Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
  OR
  PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• 2+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

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