Core Tech - Kernel and Services
SunGreenH2
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Posted on Mar 14, 2026
Company
Qualcomm India Private Limited
Job Area
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering
General Summary
Core Tech- Kernel and Services
Qualcomm is seeking an embedded software engineer with 2 to 6 years of experience for the Core Platform Kernel & Services Software team. The Core Platform Kernel & Services software team develops and deploys drivers and Kernel Services responsible for achieving System level Debug, Diagnostic, and IPC to multiple subsystems on Qualcomm SOCs. These SOCs serve customers across the Mobile Handset, Compute, Automotive, XR/AR, Cloud AI, IoT and IIOT market segments. The team owns, maintains and develops drivers across multiple operating systems including, QuRT OS, Windows, Linux, QNX, FreeRTOS, Zephyr among others.
Preferred Qualifications: Ideal candidates will demonstrate the following:
Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Software Engineering or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
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.
To all Staffing and Recruiting Agencies: Our Careers Site is only for individuals seeking a job at Qualcomm. Staffing and recruiting agencies and individuals being represented by an agency are not authorized to use this site or to submit profiles, applications or resumes, and any such submissions will be considered unsolicited. Qualcomm does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications from agencies. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Qualcomm employees or any other company location. Qualcomm is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes/applications.
If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.
Qualcomm India Private Limited
Job Area
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering
General Summary
Core Tech- Kernel and Services
Qualcomm is seeking an embedded software engineer with 2 to 6 years of experience for the Core Platform Kernel & Services Software team. The Core Platform Kernel & Services software team develops and deploys drivers and Kernel Services responsible for achieving System level Debug, Diagnostic, and IPC to multiple subsystems on Qualcomm SOCs. These SOCs serve customers across the Mobile Handset, Compute, Automotive, XR/AR, Cloud AI, IoT and IIOT market segments. The team owns, maintains and develops drivers across multiple operating systems including, QuRT OS, Windows, Linux, QNX, FreeRTOS, Zephyr among others.
Preferred Qualifications: Ideal candidates will demonstrate the following:
- Experience in C programming and data structures, especially in embedded systems.
- Working experience in RTOS or Linux kernel, or in device drivers and hardware interfacing.
- Hardware and architectural knowledge / experience (Processor Architecture, Cache, interrupts, Memory barriers, Strong ordering etc.,)
- RTOS knowledge & experience (Mutex, Spinlocks, Queues, Signaling, Events, Deferred Function Callbacks, Multi-thread & multi-process environments, Concurrency Scenarios etc.,)
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Software Engineering or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
- 2+ years of academic or work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.
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.
To all Staffing and Recruiting Agencies: Our Careers Site is only for individuals seeking a job at Qualcomm. Staffing and recruiting agencies and individuals being represented by an agency are not authorized to use this site or to submit profiles, applications or resumes, and any such submissions will be considered unsolicited. Qualcomm does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications from agencies. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Qualcomm employees or any other company location. Qualcomm is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes/applications.
If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.