Sr. Staff CPU Software Test Engineer

Qualcomm; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 180,600 - 271,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer to design, develop, create, modify, and validate embedded and cloud edge software, applications, and utilities for cutting-edge products.

The role collaborates with systems, hardware, architecture, and test teams to ensure performance and interfaces meet customer needs. The position focuses on building test plans, automated test suites, and validating software across mobile, compute, and automotive environments, with a view toward

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, CS or related field; 6+ years of software engineering.
• Master’s degree in Engineering/IS/CS; 5+ years of software engineering.
• PhD in Engineering/IS/CS; 4+ years of software engineering.
• 3+ years with C, C++, Java, Python.

Responsibilities

• Create software/firmware test plans with traceability and coverage.
• Design, develop, and maintain automated test suites for software/firmware.
• Manually test customer installation and deployment in mobile, compute, and automotive environments.
• Assist in CI/CD and release engineering processes.
• Support production readiness, workload analysis, bring‑up/debug/diags.
• Identify power and performance optimization opportunities in OS and usage environments.

Skills

C/C++

Java

Python

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/IS/CS

Master’s degree in Engineering/IS/CS

PhD in Engineering/IS/CS

Tools

Ubuntu Server

RHEL

SUSE

Windows Server

Job description

Company

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General 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.

Job Overview

• Create software/firmware test plans, addressing requirements traceability matrix and test coverage, with respect to feature requirements.
• Design, develop, execute and maintain automated software/firmware test suites for the purpose of verifying quality and compliance of Qualcomm products at functional, integration and system levels.
• Manually test, where appropriate, the customer experience of installation and deployment of Qualcomm hardware and software in a mobile, compute and automotive environment.
• Assist in the creation of a Quality Engineering/Release engineering process with emphasis on continuous integration and continuous deployment.
• Assist in achieving production‑level software readiness, implement customer use‑cases, workload analysis models, workload creation, and collaborating with other teams on bring‑up/debug/diags.
• Focus on ensuring that existing Operating Systems and customer usage environments run well, while identifying strong opportunities for enhancements, from a power and performance perspective.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• 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 languages such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

Preferred Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Software/Firmware Validation.
• Demonstrated software test engineering in SW/FW engineering with focus on Data Center Servers (minimum 5 years).
• Strong understanding and experience in software/firmware test automation techniques.
• Extensive experience working with operating systems like Ubuntu Server, RHEL, SUSE, similar or Windows server.
• Work with multiple SW/HW Engineering teams to ensure that all requirements and features of reference platform requirements have been validated at a component, integration, functional and system level.
• Strong programming skills with experience in C and/or Python programming languages.
• Experience developing automated software/firmware test cases for server platforms, supporting bring‑up and production SW releases.

Nice to Have

• Prior experience with SW/FW integration at BIOS/UEFI, BMC firmware, Operating System for x86/ARM64/RISC‑V 64bit for server platforms.
• Strong understanding of Server firmware Standards, open‑source implementation and specifications for ARM64‑based servers.

Equity, Equal Opportunity, and Disability Accommodations

Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e‑mail disability‑[e-mail] or call Qualcomm’s toll‑free number for assistance.

Pay Range and Benefits

$180,600.00 – $271,000.00. This range reflects the broad, minimum to maximum pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. In addition, Qualcomm offers a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants. Our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play.