Senior Windows OS Drivers Developer Engineer - PC Compute
$117,800 - $176,600 USD yearly
Originally posted 2 October 2026 by the employer.
Design, develop, and debug Windows OS drivers for Snapdragon products.
About the role
This role involves developing key features and supporting the end-to-end lifecycle for Windows on Snapdragon product lines.
What you'll do
- Gather requirements for Windows on Snapdragon products.
- Design and develop new features for Windows on Snapdragon.
- Coordinate with internal and external teams to bring up Qualcomm chipsets.
- Support, triage, and unblock issues on Qualcomm chipsets.
- Debug ARM or other SoC embedded systems.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering experience OR Master's degree and 1+ year of experience OR PhD.
- 2+ years of academic or work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python.
- Embedded Windows software programming skills.
- Solid understanding of Operating System concepts.
- Windows and/or Linux kernel development experience.
- Strong understanding of C/C++.
- Shell Scripting or Python skills.
Nice to have
- C/C++ programming.
- Windows OS internals knowledge and experience.
- Device driver programming and debugging with WinDbg, JTAG/other tools.
- Processor architecture and cache subsystem.
- Experience with PC software - System BIOS, UEFI, ACPI, Drivers, Applications.
- ARM assembly.
- Embedded OS (Kernel architecture, OS services heap, memory, multi-core, multi-threading, and crash debugging).
- Knowledge of OS/system performance profiling and optimization techniques.
- Advanced understanding of object-oriented programming principles.
- Application of design patterns to solve complex architectural challenges.
- Familiarity with Spake2 Authentication.
- Understanding of HTTP Server/client architecture.
- Familiarity with Rust for systems-level development and Windows environments.
Skills: Windows OS, drivers, kernel, device driver, UEFI, BIOS
This role has been open 7 days — well below the 58-day median for Systems Software Engineering roles.
Systems Software Engineering · Systems Software
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Open roles in category
679
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Median days open
58 d
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Median salary
$213k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Qualcomm | All employers we track in this specialty (679 roles · 73 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 169 | 679 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 725 | 6078 · 146 employers |
| Median days open | 74 d | 58 d (+16 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $213k |
Skills observed across this category: Windows OS, drivers, kernel, device driver, UEFI, BIOS
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm (this employer) · 168 open roles · median 73 d
- NVIDIA · 127 open roles · median 51 d
- AMD · 61 open roles · median 49 d
- Mobileye · 29 open roles · median 72 d
- Broadcom · 22 open roles · median 44 d
- Arm Holdings · 20 open roles · median 106 d
How we counted: 679 open Systems Software Engineering (Systems Software) roles from 73 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 9 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.