Senior Server CPU Software Test Engineer

Qualcomm; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 181,000 - 271,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking Software Engineers at Staff/Sr./Principal levels to design, develop, and validate embedded and cloud edge software across US offices.

You will collaborate with systems, hardware, and test teams to deliver system‑level software solutions that meet performance interfaces. The role involves creating test plans, developing automated test suites, and ensuring production readiness while focusing on power and performance optimizations for server and automotive

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
• Master’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 5+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• 3+ years of work experience with programming language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

Responsibilities

• Create software/firmware test plans, addressing requirements traceability matrix and test coverage.
• Design, develop, execute and maintain automated software/firmware test suites for verification of Qualcomm products.
• Manually test the customer experience of installation and deployment of Qualcomm hardware and software in mobile, compute and automotive environments.
• Assist in creating a Quality Engineering/Release engineering process with emphasis on CI/CD.
• Assist in achieving production‑level software readiness and workload analysis in collaboration with other teams.
• Focus on ensuring operating systems and customer environments run well, identifying opportunities for power and performance enhancements.

Skills

C/C++

Java

Python

Embedded systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/CS

Master’s degree in Engineering/CS

PhD in Engineering/CS

Tools

Ubuntu Server

RHEL

SUSE

Windows Server

Job description

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking Software Engineers at Staff/Sr./Principal levels to design, develop, and validate embedded and cloud edge software across US offices.

You will collaborate with systems, hardware, and test teams to deliver system‑level software solutions that meet performance interfaces. The role involves creating test plans, developing automated test suites, and ensuring production readiness while focusing on power and performance optimizations for server and automotive