Lead Software Engineer–Embedded
Company:
Boeing India Private Limited
Overview
As a leading global aerospace company, Boeing develops, manufactures and services commercial airplanes, defense products and space systems for customers in more than 150 countries. As a top U.S. exporter, the company leverages the talents of a global supplier base to advance economic opportunity, sustainability and community impact. Boeing’s team is committed to innovating for the future, leading with sustainability, and cultivating a culture based on the company’s core values of safety, quality and integrity.
Technology for today and tomorrow
The Boeing India Engineering & Technology Center (BIETC) is a 5500+ engineering workforce that contributes to global aerospace growth. Our engineers deliver cutting-edge R&D, innovation, and high-quality engineering work in global markets, and leverage new-age technologies such as AI/ML, IIoT, Cloud, Model-Based Engineering, and Additive Manufacturing, shaping the future of aerospace.
People-driven culture
At Boeing, we believe creativity and innovation thrives when every employee is trusted, empowered, and has the flexibility to choose, grow, learn, and explore. We offer variable arrangements depending upon business and customer needs, and professional pursuits that offer greater flexibility in the way our people work. We also believe that collaboration, frequent team engagements, and face-to-face meetings bring together different perspectives and thoughts – enabling every voice to be heard and every perspective to be respected. No matter where or how our teammates work, we are committed to positively shaping people’s careers and being thoughtful about employee wellbeing.
With us, you can create and contribute to what matters most in your career, community, country, and world. Join us in powering the progress of global aerospace.
Boeing India Software Engineering is currently looking for a **Lead Software Engineer–Embedded **to join their team in Bangalore.
Role Summary
Senior engineer and individual contributor responsible for designing, developing, and validating virtualization and hardware-emulation solutions using QEMU and hypervisor technologies. The role requires deep hands-on experience with QEMU, Linux kernel internals, device emulation, and advanced C programming. The engineer will work on embedded-targeted virtual platforms, support bring-up and debug of firmware and OS on virtualized hardware, and drive performance, stability, and security improvements in the virtualization stack.
Key Responsibilities
- Architect, design, implement, and maintain device models and platform-level emulation in QEMU to support embedded and SoC workloads.
- Develop and integrate hypervisor components (KVM, Xen, or other hypervisors used by the team) to enable secure, performant virtualization on target platforms.
- Contribute kernel-level code and drivers (Linux) to support virtual devices, paravirtual drivers, and platform bring-up.
- Implement features and fixes in QEMU (targeting both user- and system-level code paths) and upstream where appropriate.
- Perform low-level debugging of firmware, boot loaders, kernels, and drivers using QEMU’s debugging facilities (GDB stub, QEMU monitor, tracing).
- Design and execute complex validation and test frameworks for virtual platforms — unit tests, integration tests, and system-level regressions.
- Profile and optimize performance (I/O, interrupt handling, memory model) across the virtualized stack.
- Collaborate with embedded firmware, platform, and software teams to reproduce hardware bugs in emulation, validate fixes, and accelerate development cycles.
- Create and maintain technical design documents, runbooks, and reproducible test cases for emulation scenarios.
- Mentor junior engineers and lead technical reviews and design/architecture discussions.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree is required as a basic qualification**.**
- Experience: 12+ years of software engineering experience with significant time focused on virtualization, emulation, or embedded systems.
- QEMU: Hands-on experience developing, extending, and debugging QEMU device models and system emulation (ARM, PPC, x86, or other applicable architectures). Comfortable with QEMU source tree, build system, and monitor/GDB integration.
- Hypervisors: Practical experience with at least one mainstream hypervisor (KVM, Xen, Hyper-V). Knowledge of virtualization primitives, VMM architecture, and paravirtualized device models.
- Linux kernel programming: Proven experience developing kernel drivers, subsystems, or core kernel patches. Comfortable with kernel build, module development, and kernel debugging workflows.
- C programming: Expert-level proficiency in C (production-quality code, memory management, concurrency, low-level bit manipulation, and performance-aware coding).
- Debugging: Strong background in low-level debugging techniques using QEMU (GDB remote debug stub, QEMU monitor, logging, dynamic tracing), kernel debuggers (KGDB, perf), and hardware debug tools when applicable.
- Embedded domain expertise: Knowledge of boot flows (U-Boot/GRUB), firmware (UEFI/BIOS), cross-compilation toolchains, linker scripts, BSP bring-up, and constrained resource environments.
- Testing & CI: Experience building automated test harnesses for virtualization and embedded software; familiarity with hardware-in-the-loop (HIL), continuous integration, and regression test practices.
- Communication: Strong written and verbal communication; ability to produce design docs, reproducible bug reports, and collaboration across other teams.
Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.
**Typical Education & Experience: **
Education/experience typically acquired through advanced education (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 12 to 16 years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience (e.g. Master 11 to 15 years' related work experience.)
Relocation:
This position does offer relocation within INDIA
Language Requirements:
Not Applicable
Education:
Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent
Relocation:
This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.
Security Clearance:
This position does not require a Security Clearance.
Visa Sponsorship:
Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.
Contingent Upon Award Program
This position is not contingent upon program award
Shift:
Not a Shift Worker (India)