Company:
Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Applications Engineering

General Summary:
Staff Engineer – Graphics Driver (Adreno GPU)
Location:
Hyderabad, India

Job Overview
Qualcomm is seeking a highly skilled and motivated
Staff Engineer
to join our
Graphics Driver team
in Hyderabad. The team is responsible for developing cutting-edge graphics drivers for Qualcomm’s Adreno GPUs, enabling high-performance gaming, AR/VR, and rich user experiences across Android and other mobile platforms.

As a Staff Engineer, you will play a key technical leadership role in designing, developing, optimizing, and debugging advanced graphics features across modern APIs such as
OpenGL ES, Vulkan, and ANGLE
, working closely with cross-functional teams including hardware, compiler, and system software.

Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain high-performance GPU driver components for Adreno GPUs.
- Work extensively on graphics APIs including OpenGL ES, Vulkan, and ANGLE.




- Analyze and optimize graphics workloads for performance, power efficiency, and memory usage on mobile platforms.
- Debug complex graphics issues across the software stack, including driver, framework, and application layers.
- Collaborate with hardware architecture, compiler, and performance teams to enable new GPU features.
- Drive root-cause analysis of customer issues, game/application failures, and benchmark regressions.
- Contribute to conformance and certification efforts (e.g., Khronos CTS) for graphics APIs.
- Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership within the team.
- Participate in design reviews and influence architecture decisions for future GPU and driver enhancements.

Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field with 8+ years of relevant experience, OR
- Master’s degree with 6+ years of experience, OR
- PhD with 4+ years of experience.
- Robust programming exp

📌 Staff Engineer (Hyderabad)
🏢 Qualcomm
📍 Hyderabad