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Staff Engineer - Linux Device Drivers

Talentmate

India

18th August 2026

2608-5603-1483

Job Description

Company:

Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary:

Job Description

The Qualcomm Cloud AI team is looking for a Linux device driver engineer for QCR-100 and related accelerators. These products accelerate image reprocessing and AI workloads. The engineer will develop and extend Linux kernel driver code related to PCIe device setup, firmware loading, MHI bus, DMABUF importation, and DMA transfers.

Familiarity with SoC systems including bus subsystems, DMA, PCIe and peripherals, synchronization mechanisms, as well as low speed peripherals will be beneficial.

Required Skills and Aptitudes

Experience with Linux kernel driver development, kernel modules, sysfs and debugging techniques
Experience with development in C
Experience with git
Willingness to work in a structured software development environment
Ability to work on low-level implementation (code & test)

Desirable Skills and Aptitudes

6+ years of relevant experience
Experience with Linux kernel PCIe stack
DKMS-based management of kernel modules
DEB or RPM packaging
TCP/IP understanding (MTU, IP addressing, DHCP, kernel networking/netdev)
Strong understanding of DMA, IOMMU
Experience with SoC-as-a-Device architectures or embedded Linux systems connected via PCIe.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
OR
Masters degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.

• 2+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

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Job Details

Role Level:	Mid-Level	Work Type:	Full-Time
Country:	India	City:	Bengaluru ,Karnataka
Company Website:	https://www.qualcomm.com/	Job Function:	Engineering
Company Industry/ Sector:	Semiconductor Manufacturing

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