Software Engineer, Linux Tools & Host Software

Position: Staff Software Engineer, Linux Tools & Host Software (Multiple locations)
Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group  Software Engineering General

Summary:

This position can be in Santa Clara, San Diego, Boulder, Raleigh or Austin We are hiring a hands-on systems software engineer to design, maintain, and improve Linux tools and services used on hosts equipped with our PCIe-based accelerator devices.

You cross over between userspace and the Linux kernel- or even QNX- when given the chance. You relish the opportunity to work on the kernel even if you have mostly worked in userspace. You are excited to work on accelerator products for video, AI and whatever else comes along.

You deliver software that is reliable and a joy to use.

What You’ll DoDesign, implement, and maintain Linux services and tools in modern C or Rust Integrate with IPC/RPC techniques such as TCP/IP, Unix domain sockets and messaging libraries

Build CLI tools that are user-friendly, have built-in help, are intuitive and don't crash

Serialize and deserialize to formats (JSON, binary, etc) to integrate with other endpoints

Create shared libraries that export user-friendly APIs for developers using our products

Use containers where it makes sense, for example, to standardize builds, and manage dependencies

Use a rich ecosystem of AI tools to turbo boost your development

Use a variety of Linux distributions

Create packages (DEB/RPM)
Document plentifully

Required Qualifications:

Linux software development experience using modern C and/or Rust Familiarity with CMake, make, gcc or clang, gdb, valgrind, and git Practical experience writing TCP/IP socket programsCLI tool development with a user-first mindset

Nice to Have:

Knowledge of video application pipelines and GStreamer, FFmpeg, V4L2, or OpenCVKnowledge of TCP/IP (IPv4/v6, TCP, UDP, TUN/TAP, veth, bridging)
Knowledge of Linux system management (users, disks, networks)

Experience with PCIe and host-device concepts

Interest in Linux kernel development or QNXExposure to AI accelerator software stacks

Understanding of DMA, DMABUF, and IOMMUExperience flashing firmware

Python or bash scripting

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.

ORMaster's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.

ORPhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
2+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

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