Principal RISC-V Security & Virtualization Engineer

Qualcomm; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 212,000 - 318,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

RSU grants

Benefits package

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. in Santa Clara, CA is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead the design and development of security, virtualization, confidential compute and TEE features for next‑generation Qualcomm SoCs.

This hands‑on technical leader will drive architecture, collaborate across hardware and software, and contribute upstream to OpenSBI, KVM and Linux kernel, aligning with RISC‑V standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field with 8+ years of software engineering or related work experience.
• Master’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 7+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• 6+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to architecture and development of security, virtualization, confidential compute and trusted execution features.
• Drive upstream contributions to the OpenSBI, KVM and Linux kernel, ensuring long-term maintainability and community alignment.
• Collaborate with hardware and platform teams to enable security, virtualization confidential compute, and trusted execution features.
• Collaborate with hardware engineers to enable software stack on silicon and emulation platforms, debug hardware-software interactions, and ensure seamless integration.
• Guide the integration of compliance test suites for confidential compute and trusted execution features.

Skills

C

C++

Java

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

Linux KVM

Linux kernel

Git

GitHub/GitLab

OpenSBI

Job description

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. in Santa Clara, CA is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead the design and development of security, virtualization, confidential compute and TEE features for next‑generation Qualcomm SoCs.

This hands‑on technical leader will drive architecture, collaborate across hardware and software, and contribute upstream to OpenSBI, KVM and Linux kernel, aligning with RISC‑V standards.