Linux Kernel Engineer Senior

Company:

Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary:

o Skills/experience: Expertise in Linux kernel programming,  kernel device driver development ,  in-depth understanding  of  kernel internals (Device trees, memory management, scheduling, MMUs, DCVS, power management) and ARM internals. Working Experience in Linux system programming and bootloaders (UEFI)

o Responsibilities: Design, develop , deliver and maintain  Linux kernel modules for QC SOCs

-    3-4 years of experience in the Linux kernel programming, kernel device driver development

 -   Ability to  develop and support software solutions on multi-core ARM/CPUs

-   Ability to debug issues with ramdumps and JTAG debugger

-    Technically sound and Self driven, motivated and committed to deadlines.

-    Technically leading and delivering features assigned on time. 

-    Expertise in Linux kernel programming, device driver development and kernel internals (memory management, scheduling, DCVS, power management,SMMU)

Minimum Qualifications:

•    Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
OR
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.

• Should have good experience in Linux System Programming (design and development of Multi-threaded POSIX user space applications and IPC communication mechanism and synchronization)
• Should have good kernel and user space debugging skill, debugging using JTAG or ICE debuggers
• Motivated self-starter with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience in Preempt-RT patch, RT system tuning, performance benchmarking using various tools
• Strong C Programming Skills.
• Hands on Experience in Linux kernel programming, Linux memory management and commendable experience in Linux device drivers is MUST.
• Working experience of upstreaming of Linux kernel/device driver modules would be added advantage.

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