Senior Systems Debug Engineer – Rack-Scale AI

Qualcomm; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 118,000 - 177,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. in San Diego, CA, seeks an experienced engineer to drive system-level bring-up, debug, validation, and failure analysis of accelerator cards, servers, and rack-scale platforms for data-center AI workloads.

You will triage issues, develop robust test processes, and build automation to accelerate debugging across Linux environments, PCIe, Ethernet, and high-speed I/O interfaces, collaborating across hardware, firmware, and software teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, information systems, or computer science.
• Master’s or PhD preferred for advanced analysis and system bring-up.
• Experience with enterprise-class hardware, firmware, and software debugging.

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end debug activities, including triage and root cause analysis.
• Investigate hardware, firmware, and software failures during bring-up.
• Gather and analyze failure data to identify trends and root causes.
• Develop and document bring-up, validation, and debug processes.
• Design test automation to improve debug efficiency and coverage.
• Execute validation plans for accelerator cards, servers, and high-speed IO.
• Create tools and scripts to accelerate issue reproduction and resolution.

Skills

Hardware debugging

Firmware debugging

Software validation

Linux scripting

PCIe

JTAG tools

Oscilloscope

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS

Master's degree in Engineering/CS

PhD in Engineering/CS

Tools

Oscilloscope

JTAG tools

Logic analyzers

Job description

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. in San Diego, CA, seeks an experienced engineer to drive system-level bring-up, debug, validation, and failure analysis of accelerator cards, servers, and rack-scale platforms for data-center AI workloads.

You will triage issues, develop robust test processes, and build automation to accelerate debugging across Linux environments, PCIe, Ethernet, and high-speed I/O interfaces, collaborating across hardware, firmware, and software teams.