Linux Software Engineer

Company:
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group >
Software Engineering

General

Summary:

Qualcomm Data Center is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead development of Linux-based system software for next‑generation datacenter. This role focuses on host‑side software, drivers, and system integration for Qualcomm’s high‑performance inference accelerators.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• PhD 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.

• Design, implement, and optimize Linux user‑space and kernel‑adjacent drivers and libraries in modern C++.
• Lead development of host software stacks supporting high‑performance AI inference and secure compute workloads.
• Drive API design, multi‑threaded systems, and scalable software architectures.
• Own feature development, integration, and bring‑up across hardware and software boundaries.

• Architect and develop unit, integration, and system‑level tests for CI environments.
• Lead functional and performance validation of host software and drivers.
• Establish best practices for testability, automation, and long‑term maintainability.

• Debug complex host‑side issues including boot flows, PCIe link behavior, log transfer, and overflow handling.
• Optimize host software for AI inference performance and low‑latency workloads.
• Use advanced debugging, tracing, and profiling tools on Linux platforms.

• Provide technical leadership across mixed hardware/software teams.
• Drive design reviews, influence system architecture, and mentor senior engineers.
• Work closely with hardware, firmware, hypervisor, security, and cloud teams to deliver end‑to‑end solutions.
• Support customer deployments and resolve complex system‑level issues.

• Extensive experience with Linux system software development in modern C/C++.
• Strong background in Linux user‑space development, API design, and multi‑threading / synchronization.
• Solid understanding of Linux internals, kernel concepts, drivers, and system bring‑up.
• Experience with UML, OO design, and large‑scale software architecture.
• Strong knowledge of SoC architecture (cores, caches, memory hierarchy, interconnects, I/O).
• Experience with source code and configuration management (git required).
• Proven ability to work at low‑level implementation detail while maintaining system‑level perspective.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
• Comfortable operating in a high‑caliber, cross‑disciplinary engineering environment

• Familiarity with virtualization and container technologies (KVM, Docker, SR‑IOV).
• Experience optimizing AI/ML inference workloads on system software stacks.
• Proficiency in Python for tooling, testing, or automation.
• Experience with C/C++ unit testing frameworks (e.g., gtest).
• Exposure to cloud technologies, middleware, and protocols.
• Working knowledge of PCIe 3.0+.
• Linux system administration experience.
• Linux kernel development experience.
• Contributions to open‑source kernel or confidential computing projects.

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