System Stability Lead Engineer & Senior Engineer – Server Platform

Qualcomm; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,000,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology company in Bengaluru is seeking a System Stability Engineer to work on ARMv9 server CPU platforms, ensuring reliability across hardware, firmware, and software. The ideal candidate will have 3–8 years of experience, strong skills in Python and Shell scripting, and debugging expertise. Key responsibilities include validating boot flows, running stress tests, and developing automated tests. This role involves collaboration with engineering teams and requires a background in Software Engineering.

Qualifications

• Experience: 3–8 years in software engineering.
• Experience with UEFI/BIOS, ACPI/SMBIOS, OpenBMC/Redfish.
• Knowledge of PCIe/CXL, RAS, virtualization, CI/CD.

Responsibilities

• Validate boot flows, power management, UEFI/BIOS, BMC, ACPI/SMBIOS.
• Run long-duration CPU/memory/I/O/thermal/cloud stress tests.
• Develop automated tests using Python and Shell.

Skills

Strong Python

Strong Shell

Linux internals

Debugging skills

Problem-solving skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related field

Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related field

PhD in Engineering, Computer Science or related field

Job description

Company

Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary

System Stability Engineer – Server Platform

Overview

Work on Qualcomm's ARMv9 server CPU platforms, ensuring high reliability and stability across hardware, firmware, and software layers.

Key Responsibilities

• Validate boot flows, power management, UEFI/BIOS, BMC, ACPI/SMBIOS.
• Verify CPU, memory, storage, PCIe Gen5/6, CXL, multi-socket/NUMA.
• Run long‑duration CPU/memory/I/O/thermal/cloud stress tests.
• Validate virtualization (KVM/QEMU) and Kubernetes clusters.
• Perform fault‑injection and power/thermal cycling.
• Triage failures across HW/FW/OS/app layers.
• Use logs, traces, kernel debugging, hardware debuggers for RCA.
• Develop automated tests (Python/Shell).
• Integrate into CI/CD with dashboards and quality gates.
• Validate Hyperscalars/OEM configurations.
• Reproduce customer workloads in lab setups.

Qualifications

• Experience: 3–8 years Bachelors in CS/EE/Engineering (Master's preferred).
• Strong Python/Shell and Linux internals.
• Experience with UEFI/BIOS, ACPI/SMBIOS, OpenBMC/Redfish.
• Knowledge of PCIe/CXL, RAS, virtualization, CI/CD.
• Strong debugging and problem‑solving skills.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• 2+ years of academic or work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

Applicants

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Contact

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