Staff Engineer - Remote

Staff Engineer – Remote, UK

Company: Qualcomm Technologies International Ltd

Job Area: Engineering Group >
Software Engineering

General

Summary:

Qualcomm is looking for experienced developers from the open‑source community to improve the quality and robustness of Qualcomm open source offerings and reputation. As a strategic thinker with deep knowledge of the open source community, Linux, and related projects, you will deliver engineering excellence and upstream contributions to major open source projects. Reporting to the Director of Open Source, you will improve the Linux kernel, Yocto/OE, Debian, security software, and boot firmware on Qualcomm platforms and support customer applications on our platform technology.

• Experience in open source software development
• Expertise in C, C++, Assembly and a high‑level language such as Python, Go, Rust
• Proven track record of working upstream and downstream
• Strong understanding of embedded software, bootloaders, Linux kernel and distributions
• Excellent technical, communication and engineering management skills
• Ability to work cross‑functionally with product and engineering teams
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• Willingness to travel globally as needed (likely several times per year)
• Experience working closely with or for a Linux Distribution
• Build scalable tooling that allows Qualcomm to deliver common core software into a variety of open source distributions
• Work with OSS & upstream initiatives within the Qualcomm Central Software Engineering (CSE) team to improve general software quality
• Represent the company at industry events and conferences
• Mentor and build expertise in the Foundries and Qualcomm OSS teams

• Multimedia:
  Audio, Video, Camera, Graphics, Display, GStreamer
• Linux kernel:
  Peripherals, Buses, Interconnects, Scheduler, Thermal, Power
• Networking:
  Ethernet, WLAN, Bluetooth

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