Job Description

Company: Qualcomm India Private Limited
Job Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group
Software Engineering
General Summary:
The role involves developing and maintaining Bluetooth protocols and profiles for various connectivity solutions used across multiple industries such as Voice and Music, IoT, Wearables, and Automotive.
Job Overview
The Bluetooth IP team seeks a reliable and adaptable engineer to join their development team. The engineer will own specific project components and deliver software within agreed timelines, working independently. The role requires collaboration with Bluetooth test, audio, application development, and platform teams to support connectivity programs across diverse business areas.
Minimum Qualifications: o Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Software Engineering or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.

• 2+ years of academic or work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Bluetooth upper and lower stack layers, including ATT/GATT, L2CAP, RFCOMM, SDP, SMP, and lower layers like LL/LM and Baseband.

• Proficiency in Linux/RTOS development, including IPC, multithreading, and debugging in user space.

• Mentoring experience for new or less experienced engineers.

• Familiarity with Bluetooth sniffer tools, air trace and log analysis, and embedded debuggers.

• Ability to manage multiple simultaneous assignments.

• Willingness to travel to other Qualcomm locations for knowledge transfer, project cooperation, and interoperability events.

• Understanding of customer/client relationship dynamics.

• Python scripting skills are a bonus.

• Self-motivated, open-minded, adaptable team player comfortable with minimal supervision and accountability for deliverables.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
Qualifications needed

• Proficient in C programming with experience in writing efficient code for memory-constrained embedded systems.

• Relevant background experience of 3-5 years

• Expertise in Bluetooth specifications for both host and controller.

• Ability to contribute to Bluetooth SIG specification development.

• Experience designing and developing new protocols and profiles aligned with product and BT-SIG roadmaps.

• In-depth knowledge and practical experience with Bluetooth/BLE profiles and protocols.

• Capability to provide work breakdowns, feasibility studies, effort estimates, and risk mitigation for new features.

• Skill in defining clear and useful module interfaces.

• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills, especially related to embedded systems.

• Excellent communication skills for creating detailed design documentation.

• Good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for problem-solving.

Additional Qualifications for Senior lead Engineer:

• Ability to understand and capture clear product requirements.

• System-level architecture and design for Bluetooth-related features for the core (Host or Controller) and profiles segments of Bluetooth.

• Leadership skills to manage teams interfacing with customers and programs.

• Capability to steer discussions on product KPIs from a Bluetooth perspective.

Level of Responsibility:

• Works independently with minimal supervision.

• Decision-making may affect work beyond immediate work group.

• Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey information. May require basic negotiation, influence, tact, etc.

• Tasks do not have defined steps; planning, problem-solving, and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively.

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