Linux Kernel Engineer

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As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm Software Engineer, you will design, develop, create, modify, and validate embedded and cloud edge software, applications, and/or specialized utility programs that launch cutting-edge, world class products that meet and exceed customer needs. Qualcomm Software Engineers collaborate with systems, hardware, architecture, test engineers, and other teams to design system-level software solutions and obtain information on performance requirements and interfaces.

Job Function:

• Develop and maintain the Qualcomm Mobile/Compute/IoT platforms.
• Collaborate with global teams to provide high-quality software for customers to support the success of Qualcomm chipsets.

Responsibilities:

• Bring up new platforms for Qualcomm Android/Linux smartphone/compute/IoT products.
• Develop new features on Kernel virtualization, scheduler, MPAM
• Maintain and upgrade to new Android and Linux baselines.
• Find solutions for product test blocking issues.

Skills/Experiences:

• Experience with Linux kernel/driver development.
• Familiarity with Linux kernel mechanisms like virtualization, scheduler, interrupt, and timer.
• Good knowledge of Android/Linux kernel mechanisms and Linux peripheral drivers programming.
• Familiarity with Git, repo, and baseline upgrade, commit upstream.
• Excellent C/C++ programming ability, familiarity with ARM architecture and assembly programming.
• More than 1 year of experience in Linux kernel/driver-related work.
• Excellent problem analysis and solving ability, with a passion for handling complex issues.
• Familiar with KVM/pKVM development is a plus.
• Experience with ARM server development is a plus.
• Familiarity with Trace32/Makefile scripting.
• Familiarity with automation scripts like Python is a plus.

Education Requirements:

• BSCS/BSEE with 3+ years of experience or MSCS/MSEE with 1+ years of experience 

Minimum Qualifications:

Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.

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