Company:
Qualcomm Europe, Inc. Italy Branch Office
Job Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering
General Summary:
We are looking for a Linux Plumber to join our team of world-class engineers. While our kernel team focuses on upstream development and subsystem internals, your mission will be to bridge the gap between the kernel and user space. You will be the architect and mechanic of our custom operating system environment, responsible for building robust OS-level tooling, optimizing the user-space/kernel-space boundary, and driving our custom distribution engineering.
In this role, we strictly adhere to a "mainline first" philosophy, ensuring our work is pushed upstream rather than maintaining fragmented forks. You will work in exceptionally close collaboration with an elite team of Qualcomm open-source engineers, co-developing cutting-edge platforms and ensuring our custom Linux distribution seamlessly integrates with upstream developments.
Key Responsibilities
Distro Customization & Release Engineering: Own the architecture, assembly,



and maintenance of our custom Linux distribution (including rootfs, package management pipelines, and image generation).
Upstream-First Development: Design and build system-level components with an upstream-first mindset, ensuring code is destined for mainline project acceptance.
Debian Ecosystem Management: Maintain, build, and optimize our package ecosystem, leveraging deep Debian packaging mechanics to ensure rock-solid stability and reproducibility.
OS-Level Tooling: Design and build reliable system-level tools, utilities, and daemons in C, Go, or Rust to interface with custom hardware and kernel features.
Boot & Init Optimization: Optimize the early boot pipeline (bootloaders, initramfs, systemd/init systems) for speed, security, and deterministic behavior.
Cross-Team Collaboration: Act as the technical bridge between our internal teams and Qualcomm’s upstream engineering stars to align OS plumbing with

📌 Senior Systems Engineer (Torino)
🏢 Qualcomm
📍 Torino