Qualcomm is building on its core strengths in wireless and compute technologies and is at the center of the most significant technology revolution in the automotive industry. While Qualcomm has pioneered connected car technologies for over a decade, it continues to evolve—expanding into advanced Digital Cockpit, ADAS/Autonomous Driving solutions. The Automotive Compute Platform Software Team defines and delivers cutting-edge SoC product lines powering these segments.

If you’re passionate about shaping the future of the world’s most advanced automotive technologies, we want to hear from you!

Key Responsibilities

Drive architecture and development of Linux platform features for Arm-based Automotive SoCs across generations
Lead multiple teams of architects, technical leads, and software engineers in delivering key features and driving Safety Compliance
Define strategic software roadmap and deliver on the vision of best-in-class platform capabilities for Qualcomm SoCs
Define and implement Automotive use cases, drive system validation methodologies, and robust release management processes
Actively manage stakeholders (internal & external), product roadmap, and delivery plans
Drive upstream contributions to the mainline Linux kernel, ensuring long-term maintainability and community alignment

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 8+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 7+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.

• 4+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

Additional Responsibilities:

Overseeing software development and ensuring project metrics are met (Feature Maturity, System Stability, Power, Perf & Thermal) by working with various domain experts
Drive resolution of all engineering issues on the chipset, software within and across various functional blocks and components across the chipset
Identify key risks to the project and mitigate them
Identify gaps in existing processes and influence development of new methodologies to ensure product specifications, quality and milestones are honored.

Preferred Qualification

20+ years in the Linux embedded domain designing, developing, and supporting software solutions on multi-core ARM CPUs
Must have good communication skills and able to work in dynamic environment with top level engineers and technologists
Embedded platform experience including low-level drivers, firmware, kernel, and user-space components on Automotive Grade Linux and Yocto build systems
Detailed understanding of SoC hardware blocks (Clocks, PLLs, GPIO, Interrupt Controllers), peripherals (SPI/I2C/PCIe/CAN/Ethernet/USB/UFS), and power management
Experience designing software for heterogeneous compute platforms (ARM, GPU, DSP, accelerators) in embedded SoC systems with JTAG or ICE debuggers
Familiarity with ISO 26262, functional safety, and safe Linux

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