Staff Engineer - USB2/3/4 Drivers

Hyderabad, Telangana, India March 7, 2026 Eightfold Ai
Masters/Bachelor's degree in Electronics/Computers with 5 to 12 years of Linux Device drivers software development experience required Strong USB protocol (USB3.0 or USB3.1 or USB4 (Connection Manager/retimer/tunnelling etc.) knowledge Experience in usage of USB3/4 Analyzer (Lecroy) for debugging Expertise in C programming Expertise in Linux Operating system internals and Device driver programming Proficient on Drivers design, System level understanding and Power management (Sleep, Hibernation) Proficient on USB3/4 and ThunderBolt3/4 Compliances Understanding of PC hardware, SoC, multi core and BIOS Pre/Post silicon diagnostics development & validation Ability to analyze, triage and debug complex system level problems and issues Ability to lead the feature requirements, design and customer issues support Strong analysis and problem-solving skills required Solid knowledge of the software development lifecycle required Technical management skills would be plus [ for staff] Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience. OR Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience. OR PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience. 2+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc. USB3/4 technology development and its commercialization on Linux on Snapdragon platform USB3/4 and TBT3/4 Compliance support on Windows on Snapdragon platform Require to work with external 3rd party USB compliance lab for USB3/4 certification for Snapdragon chipsets Running USB2/3/4 tests on silicon and analyzing the results through error logs & USB analyzers Participate in technical requirements, design discussions, and support the same on Snapdragon platform Collaborate and work closely with the hardware team for developing low-level device driver software for USB3/4 and peripheral/host gadget/class drivers Development/Testing/Debugging of USB test cases for USB4/3.x
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