Lead / Staff - Kernel Server Engineer (Data Center SOC Team)

Bangalore, Karnataka, India Until 8/21/2026 H-1B sponsor history First posted June 29, 2025 Last posted June 29, 2025
Job description


Company:

Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary:

  • Having multiple positions for Data Center / Kernel Server Team

Positions having - Engineer / Sr Engineer / Lead Engineer / Staff Engineer

  • Strong experience in Linux Kernel development, especially in areas such as virtualization (KVM), schedulers, memory management, and ACPI.
  • Expertise in virtualization technologies and performance tuning of hypervisors.
  • Solid knowledge of ARMv8 and ARMv9 architecture and its extensions like MPAM, Confidential Compute (CCA), and embedded systems.
  • Solid understanding of computer system architecture (core, cache, memory models, bus architecture, etc.).
  • Experience in board and SOC bring-up, device drivers, peripheral buses (SPI, I2C, USB), and memory controllers for DDR.
  • Familiarity with SCM tools (e.g., GIT) and debugging technologies like JTAG debuggers.
  • Prior contributions to open-source projects (e.g., Linux Kernel).
  • Strong debugging skills and practical experience with ARM-based platforms.
  • Proficiency in using tools and frameworks for system and software performance management.
  • Hands-on experience with software development methodologies for data center applications.
  • Master's Degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.

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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About this role

Summary

Develop and optimize kernel server software for data center applications.

Job title

Lead / Staff - Kernel Server Engineer

Experience level

4+ years

Industry

software

Location requirements

Bangalore, Karnataka, India; remote work not allowed

Salary

Not specified

Visa sponsorship

H-1B sponsor history

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

linux kernelvirtualizationarmv8armv9cc++javapython

Preferred skills

None specified

Specializations

linuxvirtualizationarmdebuggingperformance
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

On-site City