Staff Software Engineer, Linux Device Driver & Host SW (San Diego OR Boulder)

Qualcomm•San Diego, CA

1d•$121,400 - $202,200•Hybrid

About The Position

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.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
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.
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)

Nice To Haves

4+ 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.