Staff Engineer - PCIe Drivers

About the role

As a Staff Engineer at Qualcomm India, you will design, develop, and validate embedded and cloud‑edge software, focusing on PCIe driver development for multiple operating systems. You will work closely with hardware, architecture, and test teams to deliver high‑quality driver solutions that meet performance and virtualization requirements.

Key responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams (hardware design, architecture, software) across geographies to design and develop PCIe software drivers and new features.
• Interface with hardware verification and software test teams to validate existing and new hardware/software features.
• Develop and maintain PCIe drivers for multiple operating systems, including bug fixes and enhancements.
• Support PCIe virtualization and related debugging activities.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems or related field.
• Minimum 2 years of professional software engineering experience with languages such as C, C++, Java or Python; 9 + years of embedded systems experience preferred.
• Prior experience with PCIe driver development is highly desirable.

Required skills

• Proficiency in C programming language.
• Strong understanding of device driver concepts and OS driver development/debugging.
• Good knowledge of the PCIe protocol and PCIe virtualization.
• Experience with virtualization technologies.
• Familiarity with Lecroy PCIe analyzer (optional).