Engineer, Principal

General Summary

Qualcomm is a global leader in wireless and compute technologies, now accelerating innovation in the Automotive space. The Automotive Compute Platform Team is seeking a Senior Technical Lead to drive the evolution of Automotive Infotainment, Telematics, ADAS/Autonomous Driving, and other cutting-edge technologies like 5G, Cellular V2X, Computer Vision, and AI/Deep Learning.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead multiple teams of architects, technical leads, and engineers across compute hardware and software in optimization efforts.
• Drive compliance with ASPICE and ASIL functional safety standards.
• Define strategic roadmaps aligned with Qualcomm's vision for automotive services.
• Manage requirements specification, prioritization, and solution development with global stakeholders.
• Define automotive use cases and system validation methodologies.
• Oversee robust release management processes.
• Hands-on involvement in technical issues and active leadership to drive team success.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education:
• Bachelor's in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field with 8+ years of software engineering experience
• OR
• Master's degree with 7+ years experience
• OR
• PhD with 6+ years experience
• Experience:
• 20+ years in embedded systems software design, development, and support on multi-core ARM/CPU platforms.
• Strong C/C++ programming skills.
• Experience with embedded platforms, including low-level drivers, firmware, kernel, and user-space components.
• Software development for heterogeneous SoC platforms with ARMs, GPUs, DSPs, and hardware accelerators.
• Proficiency in JTAG or ICE debugging tools.
• Real-time embedded software development experience.
• Hands-on leadership of medium to large technical teams.
• Experience with driver development on RTOS.
• Autosar software development experience.
• Detailed understanding of SoC hardware blocks (Clocks, PLLs, GPIO, Interrupt Controllers, Peripherals such as SPI, I2C, PCIE, CAN, Ethernet, USB, UFS).
• Linux kernel architecture, device drivers, and memory management.

Preferred Qualifications

• Self-motivated with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proven experience collaborating with cross-geography engineers, partners, and customers.
• Experience engaging with senior management in corporate settings.
• Expertise in business process transformation and digitized service enablement.
• Willingness to dig into technical details and lead hands-on.
• Knowledge of ISO 26262 / functional safety highly preferred.
• Exposure to multiprocessor architecture, ARM processors, virtualization technologies.

Programming Languages Experience

• C, C++, Java, Python (4+ years)