[Hiring] RISC-V Software Engineer @Qualcomm

Role Description

We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Principal Engineer to lead the design and development of security, virtualization, confidential compute and trusted execution environment (TEE) features in our next-generation Qualcomm SoCs. This role is ideal for a hands-on technical leader who thrives at the intersection of hardware and software and is passionate about RISC-V architecture.

You will play a critical role in defining the architecture, enabling new hardware features, and ensuring compliance with industry standards such as:

• RISC-V hypervisor extension
• RISC-V Supervisor Binary Interface (SBI)
• RISC-V Platform Management Interface (RPMI)
• RISC-V Confidential Compute (CoVE)
• RISC-V supervisor domains

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to architecture and development of security, virtualization, confidential compute and trusted execution features.
• Drive upstream contributions to the OpenSBI, KVM and Linux kernel, ensuring long-term maintainability and community alignment.
• Collaborate with hardware and platform teams to enable security, virtualization confidential compute, and trusted execution features.
• Collaborate with hardware engineers to enable software stack on silicon and emulation platforms, debug hardware-software interactions, and ensure seamless integration.
• Guide the integration of compliance test suites for confidential compute and trusted execution features.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 8+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• OR Master’s degree in engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 7+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• OR PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• 6+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

Requirements

• 18+ years of experience in Linux KVM or Linux kernel or TEE development.
• Good understanding in virtualization, confidential compute and trusted execution environments.
• Strong debugging skills using tools like ftrace, perf, kgdb, crash, kernel logs and hardware debuggers.
• Good experience with Git, GitHub or GitLab.

Nice to have Qualifications

• Exposure to the RISC-V architecture.
• Good understanding of ARM virtualization extensions or ARM Trustzone or ARM CCA or RISC-V hypervisor extensions or RISC-V CoVE.
• Proven experience in upstreaming patches and working with the Linux KVM or Linux kernel community.
• Proven experience in working with Industry standard groups and proposing specification changes.
• Platform or SoC bring-up on silicon, emulation, and simulation platforms.
• Contributions or maintainer-ship in any open-source project.
• Familiarity with Docker, CI/CD pipelines.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 8+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• OR Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 7+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• OR PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• 4+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

Benefits

• Pay range: $211,800.00 - $317,800.00
• Competitive annual discretionary bonus program.
• Opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus).
• Highly competitive benefits package designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play.