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This role is ideal for a hands-on technical leader who thrives at the intersection of hardware and software, and is passionate about building robust, scalable, and high-performance Linux platforms for data center and cloud infrastructure.\nYou will play a critical role in defining kernel architecture, working on new hardware features, and ensuring compliance with industry standards such as Arm SystemReady SR, BSA, SBSA, and BBR.\nKey Responsibilities\nWill be part of architecture and development of Linux kernel features for Armv8/v9-based server SoCs.\nDrive upstream contributions to the mainline Linux kernel, ensuring long-term maintainability and community alignment.\nCollaborate with hardware, firmware, and platform teams to enable new SoC features (e.g., RAS, SMMU, GIC, ACPI).\nWorking knowledge about ACPI, coresight, debug infra for large scale server platforms\nShould be hands on with active contributions. Community engagement is a plus.\nDevelop and maintain kernel drivers, subsystems, and board support packages (BSPs).\nGuide the integration of compliance test suites such as FWTS, BSA-ACS, SBSA-ACS, and SystemReady SR validation tools.\nLead kernel bring-up on new silicon and virtual platforms\nMentor junior engineers and contribute to technical reviews, design documentation, and architectural decisions\nRepresent the company in open-source communities and industry working groups\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.\n17+ years of experience in Linux kernel development, with a strong focus on Arm architecture.\nDeep understanding and contributions to kernel subsystems such as memory management, scheduler, device drivers, power management, and interrupt handling.\nProven experience in upstreaming patches and working with the Linux kernel community.\nFamiliarity with server-class SoC features: NUMA, RAS, ACPI, PCIe, CXL, and secure boot.\nExperience with platform enablement and compliance validation (e.g., SystemReady SR, FWTS, ACS).\nStrong debugging skills using tools like ftrace, perf, kgdb, crash, and kernel logs.\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience with virtualization (KVM, Xen) and container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).\nContributions to open-source projects or maintainership of kernel subsystems.\nFamiliarity with CI/CD pipelines for kernel testing and validation. \nKnowledge of firmware interfaces (UEFI, ACPI, Devicetree) and bootloaders (U-Boot, EDK2).\nMinimum Qualifications:\n• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.OR\nMaster's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.\nOR\nPhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.\nApplicants: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. 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