Company:

Qualcomm India Private Limited
Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary:
Job Overview

Qualcomm is seeking a Lead Engineer to drive platform software development, subsystem integration, technical execution, and system optimization for next-generation SoC products. The role requires broad expertise across Linux, Android, Zephyr, FreeRTOS, DSP, GPU, modem, connectivity, power management, and AI-enabled systems, combined with the ability to lead engineers and influence technical direction.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on technical leader capable of solving complex cross-functional system challenges while driving execution across multiple engineering disciplines.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead platform bring-up, subsystem integration, and software enablement across multiple product programs.
- Drive root-cause analysis and resolution of complex issues spanning hardware, firmware, kernel, middleware, and application layers.
- Own delivery of critical platform capabilities and subsystem features.




- Optimize platform behavior across power, performance, memory, thermal, reliability, and user experience metrics.
- Lead investigations involving CPU, DSP, GPU, memory, storage, interconnects, clocks, regulators, thermal management, and connectivity subsystems.
- Drive customer issue resolution and support key product milestones.
- Partner with silicon, firmware, software, validation, and product teams to deliver scalable platform solutions.
Technical Leadership
- Provide technical leadership across Linux, Android, Zephyr, FreeRTOS, DSP, GPU, modem, connectivity, PMIC, power management, and AI/ML accelerators.
- Drive architecture discussions and technical trade-offs across performance, power, cost, schedule, reliability, and product requirements.
- Lead system-level debugging using instrumentation, tracing, profiling, and cross-subsystem analysis.
- Establish best practices for observability, performance analysis, and rel

📌 Lead Engineer, Systems Software (Bengaluru)
🏢 Qualcomm
📍 Bengaluru