Role Title: System Software SME
Experience: 8-15 years
Location: Bengaluru
Mode of Interview: Face to Face
Date: 5-Sep-26
Venue: TCS Whitefield, Bengaluru
Role Summary:
A System Software SME is responsible for Leads architecture, design and delivery for low-level software that directly interacts with hardware, including operating system components, device drivers, and firmware. They ensure efficient hardware-software integration, system performance, and reliability by working closely with kernel internals, hardware interfaces, and system architecture.
Key Responsibilities:
Define architecture and technical roadmap Lead design, development, and integration Ensure quality, reliability, and scalability Collaborate with cross-functional teams (HW/SW/Product) Mentor engineering teams and review designs Engage with customers and define solutions Performance tuning using profiling tools and optimization Detailed Skills & Competencies:
Solid system design and architecture expertise Experience in Linux kernal internals,



system programming and RTOS concepts Device/network/multimedia driver development (GPIO, I2 C, SPI, UART, PCIe, I2 S etc) Bare metal programming for 32-bit/64-bit controllers, developing device drivers for Controllers Hardware interaction (registers, interrupts, DMA) Experience in memory management, Bootloaders, interrupt handlers Proficiency in C/C++ programming Kernel development & debugging (GDB, KGDB) Debugging, profiling, and root cause analysis Platform software debugging using JTAG/ICE/Trace32 debugger Security firmware development using library like TLS/mbed TLS, different Crypto/Hash algorithms- AES, SHA, RSA, Secure Boot Experience in building Embedded Linux system using Yocto Tools & Technologies:
GDB, KGDB, Dmesg, tcpdump,profiling tools - perf, journalctl, f/s/l- trace,valgrind, Git, SVN, GNU C/C++ build tool chain, Protocol analyzers, logic analyzer, Wireshark
Domain Expertise:
Semiconductor product engineering / embedded systems / distributed

📌 Embedded software engineer (Bengaluru)
🏢 Tata Consultancy Services
📍 Bengaluru