Automotive QNX Platform Engineer

Qualcomm ADAS/Autonomy team is seeking an Automotive QNX Platform Engineer to develop optimized solutions for ADAS/Autonomy SoCs. The role involves defining safety concepts and architecture, software safety requirements, deploying safety processes, and developing safety software following ISO26262. The engineer will work with local and global teams to implement and productize automotive features including software enablement (drivers/BSP/RTOS/AUTOSAR MCAL), security, functional safety, and power for current and next-generation SoCs, ensuring validation and addressing abnormal discoveries.

Must Have

• Understand and define Safety Concept and Architecture
• Define Software Safety requirements
• Define and deploy safety processes
• Develop Safety software following ISO26262 processes
• Work with local and global teams to implement and productize Automotive specific features
• Software enablement (drivers/BSP/RTOS/AUTOSAR MCAL)
• Security, functional safety, and power application to Automotive products on SoCs
• Coordinate and execute plans for feature requirements validation
• Identify and address abnormal discoveries by root-causing and providing corrective actions
• 1-3 years of Embedded Software Development experience, including low level drivers, and RTOS
• 3 to 6 years of industry experience in embedded software driver development
• 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
• Automotive SW development experience
• Experience in ISO26262/functional safety and ASPICE
• Good debugging skills with Lauterbach JTAG debuggers
• Basic understanding of hardware blocks (Clocks, PLLs, GPIO, Interrupt Controllers (GIC), Peripherals like SPI/I2C/UART/CAN/Ethernet/Clock)

Good to Have

• Experience in SafeRTOS/FreeRTOS based development
• Experience in Autosar MCAL development
• Experience in Autosar BSW integration and validation
• ARM Trust-Zone & ARMv7/v8 architecture
• Basic knowledge on Power Mgmt. IC
• Knowledge of Software/Hardware Security concepts
• Past working experience on Qualcomm chips

Perks & Benefits

• World-class health benefit options providing world-class coverage to employees and their eligible dependents
• Programs designed to help employees build and prepare for a financially secure future
• Self and family resources to build emotional/mental strength and resilience, and define purpose
• Wellbeing programs and resources to help employees Live+Well and Work+Well
• Continuous learning and development programs
• Tuition reimbursement
• Mentorships

Job Posting Date

2025-12-02

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Company:

Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary:

Qualcomm ADAS/Autonomy team is engaged in offering optimized solutions built on DSP, computer vision and machine learning algorithms for the Qualcomm ADAS/Autonomy SoCs. We are seeking engineers with experience in system and SoC SW level functional safety concepts. The job requires understanding and defining of the Safety Concept and Architecture, Software Safety requirements, defining and deploying safety processes and development of Safety software by following the ISO26262 software processes. Interaction with customers, architects and test/integration teams are required as part of the job. The job also involves working with the Software quality team for adherence of ISO26262 and ASPICE processes.

In this role, the candidate will work with local and global teams to understand, define and implement and productize Automotive specific features including software enablement (drivers/BSP/RTOS/AUTOSAR MCAL), security, functional safety, and power applied to Automotive 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.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
• 1-3 years of Embedded Software Development experience, including low level drivers, and RTOS
• The candidate should possess 3 to 6 years of industry experience in embedded software driver development and having expertise in one or more below areas would be preferred:
• 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 SafeRTOS/FreeRTOS based development is nice to have
• Experience in Autosar MCAL development is nice to have
• Experience in Autosar BSW integration and validation is nice to have
• ARM Trust-Zone & 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)
• Automotive SW development experience is must have
• Experience in ISO26262/functional safety and ASPICE is highly desirable
• Basic knowledge on Power Mgmt. IC is desirable
• Knowledge of Software/Hardware Security concepts is desirable
• Closely work with the hardware team to contribute/suggest modifications to the hardware design.
• Any past working experience on Qualcomm chips nice to have

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