Senior Lead Engineer, Customer Engineering
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Job description
Qualcomm is hiring a Senior Lead Engineer, Customer Engineering — a full-time, based in Hyderabad, Telangana role. Apply directly on Qualcomm's careers page below.
Sr. lead Engineer_Customer Engineering
Location: Hyderabad, Telangāna, India
Department: Software Applications Engineering
Work Location: onsite
Company:
Qualcomm India Private LimitedJob Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Applications EngineeringGeneral Summary:
Please find the JD details for USB, PCIe.
USB/PCIe Technology work experience with strong experience in embedded systems and device driver development.
The role involves working on low-speed and high-speed peripheral subsystems such as USB, PCIe, UART, SPI, and I2C, supporting customer hardware bring-up, and debugging complex driver issues on multiprocessor ASIC platforms.
Domain: Embedded Systems / Peripherals / Device Drivers
Key Responsibilities:
- Debug and resolve issues related to USB and PCIe during design reviews and customer hardware bring‑up.
- Provide customer support for HW bring‑up on multiprocessor and multithreaded ASIC platforms.
- Develop, debug, and maintain device drivers for standard peripheral interfaces, including:
- USB
- PCIe
- Analyze and fix complex driver‑level issues reported by customers.
- Collaborate with hardware, firmware, validation, and cross‑functional teams to ensure robust peripheral functionality
- Participate in design reviews, root cause analysis, and technical documentation.
Skills & Experience:
- 3–6 years of experience in embedded systems development
- Hands‑on experience in device driver development on one or more operating systems, including RTOS or other embedded operating systems
- Strong proficiency in C programming
- Solid understanding of microprocessor and multiprocessor architectures
- Good knowledge of real‑time/embedded programming concepts and RTOS fundamentals
- Strong analytical, debugging, and problem‑solving skills
- Ability to independently debug complex issues, multitask, and work in a customer‑facing technical role.
Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience.OR
Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience
OR
PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience.
• 1+ year of any combination of academic and/or work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.
• 1+ year of any combination of academic and/or work experience with debugging techniques.
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Frequently asked questions
What skills are required for Senior Lead Engineer, Customer Engineering at Qualcomm?
The required skills for Senior Lead Engineer, Customer Engineering at Qualcomm include: Embedded Systems, C, PCIe, SPI, I2C.
What is the seniority level for Senior Lead Engineer, Customer Engineering at Qualcomm?
Senior Lead Engineer, Customer Engineering at Qualcomm is a Senior / Manager level position.
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