Lead Engineer, Senior - Embedded Platform/BSP Engineer for free RTOS for IE IOT platforms.

Nuvia

Nuvia

Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Posted on Feb 25, 2026


Company:

Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary:

In this role, the candidate will work with local and global teams to understand, define and implement and productize IE IOT specific features

including software enablement (drivers/BSP/RTOS/BUSES/GPIO), security and power applied to IE IOT products on our current and next generation SoCs.

The candidate will also have the responsibility to coordinate and execute plans which will encompass validation of all the feature requirements.

The Candidate will have the responsibility to identify and address any abnormal discoveries by root-causing and providing detailed corrective actions in the

form of optimizations and/or fixes. When possible, the candidate is expected to prototype and pre-validate recommended fixes.

Additionally, the candidate will be responsible for any automation of design under test along with validation efforts and working closely with design/production/bench IP teams.

  • Bachelor's or master’s degree in engineering (E&C, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field)

  • 6 to 9 years of Embedded Software Development experience, including low level drivers, and free RTOS, having expertise in one or more below areas would be preferred:

  • Looking for Senior Lead, Senior Eng, Engineer positions

  • Location: Hyderabad

  • Good understanding and experience of Embedded systems and related HW, SW components (Processor, Memory, Peripherals, OS, Device Drivers etc).

  • Knowledge of multi-processor, multi-threaded system, inter-process and inter-processor communication, different operating and power modes etc.

  • OS (High level OS and RTOS) concepts (Threads, Synchronization, Memory Management etc).

  • Ability to understand the feature/product requirements and ramp up quickly on any technology to serve the need.

  • Analytical and problem-solving skills, debugging skills for system as well as subsystem level issues (upto assembly level).

  • Understanding the requirements for Core tech from external teams and work with different Internal teams for design, development and support.

  • Should be able to ramp up fast and must have the attitude to work with the team.

  • Strong C and Assembly Programming with OS & Multi-Processor concepts

  • Embedded software development in C and C++ on ARM or similar cores.

  • Hands on experience of driver development on any RTOS,

  • Experience in FreeRTOS based development is nice to have

  • Experience in BSP is nice to have

  • ARMv7/v8 architecture.

  • Good debugging skills with experience on debugging with Lauterbach JTAG debuggers.

  • Work on challenging customer requirements and issues.

  • Basic understanding one or more of hardware blocks - Clocks, PLLs, GPIO, Interrupt Controllers (GIC), Peripherals (SPI/I2C/UART/CAN/Ethernet/Clock/etc)

  • Basic knowledge on Power Mgmt. IC nice to have

  • Closely work with the hardware team to contribute/suggest modifications to the hardware design.

  • Any past working experience on Qualcomm chips nice to have

  • Good verbal and written communication skills.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Software Engineering or related work experience.

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

Preferred Qualifications:

Master's Degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science or related field.

• 6+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.

• 3+ years of experience with Database Management Software.

• 3+ years of experience with API.

1+ year of work experience with Git, Perforce, or Source Code Management System.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Leverages Software knowledge and experience to design, develop, create, modify, and validate embedded and cloud edge software, applications, and/or specialized utility programs.

• Analyzes user needs and software requirements to design and customize software for optimal operational efficiency.

• Designs and implements software modules for products and systems.

• Participates in the design, coding for large features, unit testing, significant debugging fixes, and integration efforts to ensure projects are completed to specifications and schedules.

• Performs code reviews and regression tests as well as triages and fixes issues to ensure the quality of code.

• Collaborates with others inside and outside of project team to accomplish project objectives.

Level of Responsibility:

• Works independently with minimal supervision.

Decision-making may affect work beyond immediate work group.

• Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey information. May require basic negotiation, influence, tact, etc.

• Tasks do not have defined steps; planning, problem-solving, and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively.

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