Senior Lead Engineer

Overview

Senior Lead Engineer role in Qualcomm's Software Applications Engineering group, providing technical expertise on software systems through technical presentations, product demonstrations, customer-specific design and development, commercialization, and maintenance of Qualcomm products.

What you'll do

• Leverage advanced Software Application knowledge to provide critical technical expertise of software systems through technical presentations in support of business development, customer training, product demonstrations, commercialization, customization, and maintenance of Qualcomm products.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and customer personnel to identify complex customer problems, debug complex issues in customer design software systems, and recommend innovative solutions.
• Drive critical system architecture and feature-specific customizations tailored for customer requirements from proof of concept to final product commercial launches.
• Assess potential application of company products, prepare detailed product specifications, disseminate highly technical information on specific software areas, and/or troubleshoot highly complex issues regarding software tools and products.
• Write highly complex product technical documentation, application notes, and FAQs; review technical documentation for junior engineers.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience. OR Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 5+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience. OR PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience.
• 3+ years of experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.
• 3+ years of experience with debugging techniques.

Nice to have

• Master's Degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
• 10+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience.
• 2+ years of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership (e.g., Sr. Director and above).
• Experience in a customer-facing role.

Details

• Location: Bangalore, India.
• Works independently with minimal supervision; provides supervision/guidance to other team members.
• Decision-making is significant in nature and affects work beyond the immediate work group; has a great degree of influence over key organizational decisions.
• Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey complex information; may require negotiation, influence, and tact.
• Tasks do not have defined steps; planning, problem-solving, and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively.