Senior Staff Engineer – Embedded Core Platform Firmware

## Company: Qualcomm India Private Limited ## Job Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering General Summary: Job Summary Qualcomm is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer to provide strong technical leadership for core platform firmware across next-generation SoCs. In this role, you will own and drive architecture, execution, and technical direction for foundational firmware that enables platforms from ROM boot to OS handoff across ARM Cortex-M and RISC-V based embedded systems. You will be expected to act as a hands-on technical leader and firmware architect, guiding complex platform decisions, mentoring engineers, resolving critical system-level issues, and driving high-quality delivery across boot firmware, secure boot, RTOS enablement, device drivers, memory subsystems, and silicon bring-up. Key Responsibilities * Lead and own the architecture of boot firmware, BSPs, platform initialization, and device driver frameworks across multiple SoC programs. * Define scalable firmware designs for ROM boot, secure boot, authentication, OS handoff, memory initialization, and peripheral bring-up. * Provide technical leadership for platform software running on ARM Cortex-M and RISC-V processors. * Drive enablement and optimization of Zephyr RTOS, FreeRTOS, and bare-metal execution environments. * Lead development of drivers and platform software for DDR/LPDDR, UFS, eMMC, NAND, SPI-NOR, NVMe, USB, PCIe, UART, SPI, I2C, GPIO, and DMA. * Own complex bring-up and debug across simulation, emulation, FPGA, and silicon platforms. * Drive root-cause analysis for critical issues involving boot, memory, power, performance, security, and system stability. * Mentor, coach, and technically guide engineers across design, development, debugging, and delivery. * Lead architecture reviews, design reviews, code reviews, and technical deep-dives with cross-functional stakeholders. * Influence long-term platform software roadmap, engineering best practices, and reusable firmware architecture. * Collaborate with Hardware, ASIC, Security, Architecture, Validation, Tools, and Product teams to deliver key platform milestones. Required Qualifications * Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electronics, Electrical Engineering, or related field. * 12+ years of experience in embedded firmware, boot software, BSP, RTOS, or low-level platform software development. * Strong hands-on expertise in Embedded C and low-level system programming. * Proven experience leading firmware architecture and technical execution for complex SoC platforms. * Deep understanding of: * ARM Cortex-M and/or RISC-V processor architectures * Bootloaders, BSPs, and device drivers * RTOS and bare-metal systems * Interrupts, exception handling, memory protection, and multicore synchronization * Silicon bring-up and hardware-software debug * Strong ability to break down complex technical problems and drive them to closure. * Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence senior technical stakeholders. Preferred Skills * Secure Boot, TrustZone, cryptography, authentication, key management, and secure firmware update flows. * Hands-on experience with Zephyr RTOS, FreeRTOS, UEFI/EDK2, TF-A, U-Boot, or Coreboot. * ARM and RISC-V assembly programming. * DDR/LPDDR initialization, memory training, and boot-time optimization. * Experience with Lauterbach Trace32, JTAG, emulation, FPGA, and pre-silicon environments. * Python scripting, automation, CI/CD, and firmware validation frameworks. Minimum Qualifications: • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience. OR Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 5+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience. OR PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience. • 3+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc. Applicants: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e-mail disability-accomodations@qualcomm.com or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found here. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities. (Keep in mind that this email address is used to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. 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