Software engineer multiple linux device drivers

Qualcomm
San Diego, CA
Company

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary

The Qualcomm Cloud AI team is looking for a multiple Linux device driver engineers at various levels for QCR-100 and related AI 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

  • 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)

Preferred

  • 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.

Minimum Qualifications

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

OR

Master's 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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Pay Range And Other Compensation & Benefits

$121,400.00 - $202,200.00

The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer – and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.

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Posted 2026-03-03

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