Business Application Engineer

Job Title

Business Application Engineer

Role Summary

Provide technical engineering and customer-facing support for Qualcomm-based platforms, focusing on Embedded Linux, Android, wireless integration, board bring-up, and system validation. Collaborate with Field Application Engineers (FAEs), suppliers, and internal teams to resolve issues, enable proofs-of-concept, and support commercial opportunities.

Member of Arrow's Engineering team working in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment supporting customers and internal stakeholders.

Experience Level

Mid-level — typically requires 3+ years of experience in Embedded Systems development on Linux and/or Android platforms.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include platform support, troubleshooting, and enablement.

• Provide technical support for Embedded Linux, Android, and wireless integration on Qualcomm-based platforms.
• Assist customers with board bring-up, image flashing (Linux and Android), system configuration, and debugging hardware/software interactions.
• Reproduce customer environments to troubleshoot boot, connectivity, drivers, multimedia, and application issues.
• Support Wi‑Fi and Bluetooth integration and troubleshoot connectivity, pairing, and driver issues.
• Debug system-level problems using serial consoles, dmesg, logcat, ADB, and network analyzers.
• Work on BSP customization, Yocto builds, Android image builds, and system optimization.
• Integrate and debug multimedia pipelines (camera, audio, video) and related frameworks.
• Collaborate with Qualcomm FAEs, internal engineering, and sales to enable PoCs, demos, and technical validation.
• Create technical documentation, troubleshooting guides, and internal knowledge base materials.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and relevant experience; concise listing of desirable extras included.

• 3+ years of embedded systems development experience on Linux and/or Android platforms.
• Experience with Embedded Linux: Yocto Project, BSP customization, kernel configuration, and device tree modifications.
• Hands-on experience with Android BSPs (AOSP), image flashing, system debugging, ADB and fastboot.
• Experience with bootloaders (U-Boot), boot sequence analysis, and board bring-up.
• Ability to analyze kernel logs, Android logcat, and system-level failures.
• Knowledge of Wi‑Fi and Bluetooth (Classic and BLE) configuration and troubleshooting.
• Networking fundamentals: TCP/IP, SSH, routing, and connectivity debugging.
• Experience integrating and debugging multimedia frameworks such as GStreamer and V4L2.
• Proficiency in C or C++ for embedded development and Python/Bash for scripting and automation.
• Experience with Git, serial debugging tools; familiarity with JTAG and hardware-level troubleshooting.
• Strong technical communication and customer-facing skills.
• Nice-to-have: Experience with Qualcomm platforms (e.g., Dragonwing, Voice & Music SoCs) and AI/Edge processing (NPU/DSP) integration.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's or master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.

About the Company

Company: Arrow Electronics

Headquarters: Centennial, Colorado, United States

Global technology solutions provider and distributor of electronic components, software and services. Serves commercial and industrial markets with design engineering, product realization, supply chain and IoT solutions; parent company of eInfochips.