Company:
Qualcomm India Private Limited
Job Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Applications Engineering
General Summary:
Role Overview
We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Staff Engineer (15+ years) to lead strategic automotive programs and serve as a technical authority for next-generation software-defined vehicle platforms.
This role requires a rare combination of deep platform architecture expertise, customer engagement, system-level problem solving, and cross-functional technical leadership. The candidate will work directly with global OEMs, Tier-1 partners, product teams, and engineering organizations to define architecture, drive platform adoption, and resolve the most complex hardware and software challenges.
The ideal candidate is a recognized technical leader who can seamlessly operate from executive-level technical discussions down to kernel, driver, and silicon-level debugging.

Key Responsibilities
Strategic Program Leadership
· Serve as technical lead for strategic automotive OEM and Tier-1 programs.




· Drive execution of critical customer initiatives, platform readiness, and release milestones.
· Partner with customer engineering, product management, systems, and development teams to ensure successful program execution.
· Lead technical reviews, risk assessments, escalation management, and executive updates.
Platform Architecture & Design Leadership
· Drive end-to-end software and platform architecture discussions across automotive products.
· Review and influence designs spanning:
o Android Automotive (AAOS)
o Linux BSP & Kernel
o QNX Neutrino
o Hypervisor & Virtualization
o Middleware and Platform Services
o Security and Safety Frameworks
· Provide architectural guidance to customers and internal teams for scalable and production-ready solutions.
· Influence platform evolution and long-term technology strategy.
Deep System Debug & Root Cause Analysis
· Lead investigations of complex cross-functional issues involving hardware,

📌 Engineer, Senior Staff (Bengaluru)
🏢 Qualcomm
📍 Bengaluru