CPU Firmware Verification and Validation Professional

QUALCOMM, Inc.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm India Private Limited is seeking a Software and Firmware Verification and Validation Engineer to lead a global team responsible for end-to-end verification of complex software and firmware platforms. The role combines hands-on work with strategic leadership across regions and functions to ensure reliability, scalability, and lifecycle support of multiple product verticals.

You will oversee the CPU firmware stack integration, coordinate with SoC, firmware development, and release

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science/engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• Minimum 15 years in embedded software/firmware quality with at least 5 years leadership experience.
• Experience in leading cross-functional teams and communicating requirements clearly.
• Proven track record in improving integration via automation, tools, CI/CD.

Responsibilities

• Build, manage, and scale a global firmware verification & validation organization (Software QA).
• Advocate FW quality with milestones aligned to business needs.
• Plan resources across multiple active programs.
• Define automation strategies to optimize CI/CD cycles.
• Improve release cadence and ensure quality through robust testing.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional communication

CI/CD

Automation

S/W & F/W integration

Problem solving

Team management

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science/engineering or Electrical Engineering

Tools

GCC toolchain

LLVM

ARM toolchain

Python

Shell/Bash

Powershell

Job description

Company

Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

Job Summary

As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm Software Engineer, you will design, develop, create, modify, and validate embedded and cloud edge software, applications, and/or specialized utility programs that launch cutting-edge, world class products that meet and exceed customer needs. Qualcomm Software Engineers collaborate with systems, hardware, architecture, test engineers, and other teams to design system-level software solutions and obtain information on performance requirements and interfaces.

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled and dynamic Software and Firmware Verification and Validation Engineer to lead a global, multi-role team responsible for verification and validation of complex software and firmware platforms. In addition to being hands-on, this role will oversee a talent group of engineers with extensive background in ensuring long-term stability, scalability, and lifecycle support across multiple product verticals. The successful candidate will ensure seamless coordination across regions and functions, while enabling innovation, reducing operational risks, and improving overall quality customer satisfaction.

As a CPU FW VV Engineer, you will take on a lead technical role, working closely with cross-functional engineering teams, including SoC, firmware development, Configuration Release Management, in addition to regular interfaces with product and program management. You will be responsible for the end-to-end integration of a high-performance CPU firmware stack.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in computer science/engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• Minimum 15 years in embedded software/firmware quality at least 5 years leadership exp
• Experience working with cross-functional teams and ability to clearly communicate requirements, problem statements and solutions that provide tangible SW/FW deliverables
• Proven track record for innovating/improving/reducing challenges in integration through process refinements, automation, tools integration and early and Continuous Integration and Deployment (CI/CD) measures

Key Responsibilities

• Build, manage, and scale a global FW verification and validation organization (Software QA)
• Be a strong advocate for FW quality, capable of quality milestones against business demands
• Resource allocation planning against multiple active and concurrent programs
• Define and refine automation strategies to continue to optimize the CI/CD cycle
• Streamline and manage the support pipeline to ensure faster response to issues and improved SLA management.
• Improve firmware release cadence and ensure quality standards through robust testing and validation.
• Implement risk management practices, ensuring stability and reliability of production software.
• Manage and reduce technical debt through proactive planning and execution.
• Support extended product lifecycle, ensuring cost efficiency and scalability of development efforts.
• Act as a key quality interface between production software organizations and customer engineering teams.
• Provide career development opportunities and coaching for a global workforce.
• Foster broad-range skills development, knowledge retention, and cross-functional expertise.
• Build a collaborative culture that prioritizes innovation, quality, and customer satisfaction.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven knowledge of Windows, Linux, Android, Python, and C/C++.
• Strong demonstratable experience in Automation and Scripting using C, Shell/Bash, Python, Powershell, etc
• Proven skill to on software/firmware development, deployment and test in embedded systems
• Extensive knowledge and experience in SW/FW engineering with focus on SOC solutions (minimum 5 years).
• Prior exposure to working with various Tools and Toolchains for C/C++ such as GCC, LLVM and/or ARM based toolchain
• Experience with SW/FW integration at BIOS/UEFI, Operating System for x86/ARM64/RISC-V
• Experience in deploying AI tools to automate and accelerate Software / Firmware Validation and quality.