Staff, Customer Engineering (CE) – Server Processor Platforms

Qualcomm; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 143,400 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Staff Customer Engineer to interface with strategic customers and internal teams, driving adoption of server processor SoCs from concept to mass production.

You will review designs, support bring-up and validation, and ensure high performance and reliability across platforms. This role requires deep hardware expertise, strong communication, and the ability to influence cross‑functional teams in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Applications Engineering or Hardware Design experience or related work experience.
• Master’s degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of Hardware Applications Engineering or Hardware Design experience or related work experience.
• PhD in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Applications Engineering or Hardware Design experience or related work experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide hardware support for strategic customers adopting server processor SoCs, including hyperscalers, OEMs, and ODMs.
• Act as a technical interface for customer hardware teams during design, bring‑up, validation, and deployment phases.
• Perform detailed reviews of customer schematics, PCB layouts, thermal designs, power delivery networks, and signal integrity plans.
• Support SoC interface validation and debug across DDR, PCIe Gen6/Gen7, CXL, Ethernet, and other high‑speed interfaces.
• Collaborate closely with the CE team, internal engineering, software, validation, and product teams to address technical challenges and customer feedback.
• Identify gaps in customer and internal design expectations and propose practical solutions or mitigations.
• Familiarize with the reference platforms and platform implementation guides developed by internal teams to effectively support customer development.
• Develop and deliver high‑quality technical documentation, training, and onboarding material for customer enablement.
• Drive continuous improvement of support processes and infrastructure to scale across customer engagements.

Skills

DDR5

PCIe Gen6/Gen7

CXL

SerDes

Ethernet

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Python

Shell

Communication skills

Leadership

Hyperscalers experience

OEMs/ODMs experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field

Master’s degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field

PhD in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

BERTs

Job description

Company

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Applications Engineering

General Summary

Join a high-impact Customer Engineering team enabling next-generation server processor platforms for one of the world’s leading semiconductor innovators. As a Staff Customer Engineer, you will serve as a technical interface between strategic customers—including hyperscalers, OEMs, and ODMs—and internal product teams, helping to launch and sustain industry-leading server SoCs. This role is ideal for a seasoned technical expert and communicator who thrives in a fast-paced, cross‑functional environment. You will drive customer adoption from concept to commercialization and mass production, representing the voice of the customer internally while delivering best-in-class technical support externally. In this role, you’ll work closely with the CE Server Team lead, internal design, systems, and validation teams, and with external partners across thermal, power, SI/PI, and firmware disciplines. You’ll also become deeply familiar with reference platforms and platform implementation guides to ensure customer system designs meet the highest performance and reliability standards.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Applications Engineering or Hardware Design experience or related work experience.
• Master’s degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of Hardware Applications Engineering or Hardware Design experience or related work experience.
• PhD in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Applications Engineering or Hardware Design experience or related work experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 6+ years of Hardware Applications Engineering or Hardware Design experience in server platform design, bring‑up, or customer‑facing technical roles.
• Prior experience supporting hyperscalers, OEMs, or ODMs in server hardware deployment.
• Deep understanding of high‑speed board design principles including DDR5, PCIe Gen6/Gen7, CXL, SerDes, and Ethernet; PDN design, SI/PI simulation and debug, EMI/EMC mitigation.
• Experience with system bring‑up and debug tools: oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, BERTs, and related equipment.
• Familiarity with system firmware (UEFI, BMC, BIOS) interactions during hardware validation.
• Exposure to server platform compliance and interoperability standards (e.g., OCP, JEDEC, PCI‑SIG).
• Programming or scripting experience (e.g., Python, shell) to aid automation or debug.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and leadership skills.
• Demonstrated ability to influence internal teams and manage customer engagements with high autonomy.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide hardware support for strategic customers adopting server processor SoCs, including hyperscalers, OEMs, and ODMs.
• Act as a technical interface for customer hardware teams during design, bring‑up, validation, and deployment phases.
• Perform detailed reviews of customer schematics, PCB layouts, thermal designs, power delivery networks, and signal integrity plans.
• Support SoC interface validation and debug across DDR, PCIe Gen6/Gen7, CXL, Ethernet, and other high‑speed interfaces.
• Collaborate closely with the CE team, internal engineering, software, validation, and product teams to address technical challenges and customer feedback.
• Identify gaps in customer and internal design expectations and propose practical solutions or mitigations.
• Familiarize with the reference platforms and platform implementation guides developed by internal teams to effectively support customer development.
• Develop and deliver high‑quality technical documentation, training, and onboarding material for customer enablement.
• Drive continuous improvement of support processes and infrastructure to scale across customer engagements.

Bonus Skills

• Familiarity with SoC integration, including silicon debug or validation experience.
• Previous participation in server platform standardization efforts (e.g., OCP NIC 3.0, Open Compute Server specs).
• Experience with AI/ML, HPC, or cloud workload requirements on server platforms.

Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits

$143,400.00 – $215,000.00. The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales‑incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer – and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.

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