Lead Engineer

Overview

Join Qualcomm's embedded software team as a Lead Engineer working on low-level driver development, embedded system architecture, hardware-software interaction, debugging, and optimization for next-generation embedded platforms.

What you'll do

• Work on device bring-up, platform initialization, and hardware enablement activities.
• Debug complex system-level issues involving hardware and software interactions.
• Collaborate with hardware, firmware, validation, and system teams to ensure feature delivery and product stability.
• Analyze system crashes, performance bottlenecks, and power-related issues.
• Optimize software for performance, power efficiency, and memory utilization.
• Support integration and validation of new peripherals and subsystems.
• Participate in architecture reviews, code reviews, and technical discussions.
• Develop diagnostic tools, scripts, and automation to improve engineering productivity.
• Contribute to technical documentation and knowledge-sharing initiatives.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electronics, Electrical Engineering.
• 5+ years of experience in embedded software development.
• Strong programming skills in C/C++.
• Experience developing and debugging low-level software drivers.
• Solid understanding of embedded system architecture.
• Solid understanding of device drivers and hardware interfaces.
• Solid understanding of memory management concepts.
• Solid understanding of cache architecture and optimization.
• Solid understanding of MMU (Memory Management Unit) concepts and address translation.
• Solid understanding of clock architecture and clock management.
• Solid understanding of PMIC (Power Management IC) fundamentals.
• Solid understanding of interrupt handling and DMA concepts.
• Experience with common embedded peripherals such as UART, SPI, I2C/I3C, GPIO, USB, PCIe, and UFS/eMMC/SD.
• Experience using debugging tools such as JTAG, Lauterbach, or equivalent.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience, or Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Software Engineering or related work experience, or 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.
• Ability to work independently on complex technical problems.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to lead technical discussions and mentor junior engineers.
• Strong ownership and accountability for product quality and delivery.

Nice to have

• Experience with ARM-based SoC platforms.
• Understanding of boot flows, firmware, and system initialization.
• Experience with Linux Kernel driver development or RTOS environments.
• Knowledge of power management, clock frameworks, and subsystem interactions.
• Experience with system performance analysis and optimization.
• Familiarity with crash dump analysis and root cause investigation.
• Exposure to security, virtualization, and memory protection concepts.
• Experience with source control systems such as Git or Perforce.

Details

• Location: Hyderabad, Telangāna, India.