Staff / Senior Staff Engineer, 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

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary:

Hiring for Staff/Sr. Staff/Principal levels in various Qualcomm office locations in the US.

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 language 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.

Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits

$180,600.00 - $271,000.00

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. The 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.

EEO Employer

Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification. Qualcomm is also committed to ensuring accessibility for individuals with disabilities and will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities in the hiring process. For assistance, please email disability‑[e-mail] or call our toll‑free number for accessibility support.