Qualcomm
Senior Staff GPU Kernel Mode Driver Engineer
$217K–$325K
Santa Clara, California · On-site · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 17, 2026
- Experience
- Nine (9) years of progressive experience in a related occupation.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree (or foreign academic equivalent) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related degree field.
About the job
Leads development, verification, debugging, and performance and power optimization of pre-silicon GPU kernel mode drivers and related graphics software, tools, and tests.
What you'll do
- Architects, implements, verifies, and optimizes GPU driver features and graphics workloads across project variants.
- Runs graphics tests and analyzes results; debugs software and hardware interactions to verify correctness, performance, power, and stability.
- Coordinates with engineering, hardware verification, users, and vendors; contributes to design reviews, development plans, and technical documentation.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree (or foreign academic equivalent) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related degree field.
- Nine (9) years of progressive experience in a related occupation.
Pay
$216,600.00 - 325,000.00/year (base salary)
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