Senior Linux Kernel & Security Engineer - Onsite San Diego

Qualcomm; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 118,000 - 177,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. in San Diego seeks a Senior Software Engineer to design, develop, and optimize software for next-generation data center platforms, focusing on Linux kernel features, virtualization, and memory management.

You will lead a team of engineers and collaborate across functions to deliver high-performance solutions onsite. The role emphasizes pre-silicon development on FPGA/QEMU, DVFS power-management for ARM-based systems, and contributing to upstream open-source

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.
• 2+ years of academic or work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

Responsibilities

• Leverages expert Security knowledge and experience to achieve highly critical engineering business objectives.
• Develops highly critical new hardware and software security features and updates features into existing products; leads team to ensure security of all products is maintained throughout the product lifecycle.
• Serves as a technical expert for performing highly advanced security assessments and evaluation of company products, including vulnerability and risk assessments, threat analysis, and security code reviews to identify potential design and implementation vulnerabilities.

Skills

C/C++

Java

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field

Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field

PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

GIT

Job description

Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. in San Diego seeks a Senior Software Engineer to design, develop, and optimize software for next-generation data center platforms, focusing on Linux kernel features, virtualization, and memory management.

You will lead a team of engineers and collaborate across functions to deliver high-performance solutions onsite. The role emphasizes pre-silicon development on FPGA/QEMU, DVFS power-management for ARM-based systems, and contributing to upstream open-source