Staff Software Engineer (Data Center Test Automation)

QUALCOMM, Inc.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 141,000 - 212,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. evaluates candidates for a Staff Software Engineer to design and implement large-scale automation for data center chipset and platform validation.

This hands-on role requires a strong software and systems background and the ability to solve complex engineering problems across pre-silicon and post-silicon environments. You will develop scalable automation infrastructure for test orchestration, resource management, test execution, results analysis, and failure triage,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• Strong professional software engineering background with production-quality systems.
• Strong Python programming and knowledge of APIs, data structures, algorithms, and best practices.
• Experience with Linux, distributed systems, REST services, databases, SQL, and automation.
• Experience managing parallel or distributed workloads.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving across applications, services, and automation.
• Ability to own complex technical problems from design to deployment, and collaborate across engineering disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain software for data center chipset and platform test automation.
• Build scalable solutions for test orchestration, job automation, resource management, test execution, monitoring, and results processing.
• Develop robust software and backend services using Python, REST APIs, databases, distributed systems, and modern web technologies.
• Design reusable APIs and automation frameworks enabling integration of new chipsets, workloads, platforms, and test environments.
• Troubleshoot complex problems across software services, automation infrastructure, compute resources, environments, and target platforms.
• Improve performance, reliability, scalability, observability, and maintainability of automation systems.
• Collaborate with data center, SoC, software, validation and infrastructure teams to translate requirements into software solutions.
• Contribute to architecture and design decisions, conduct code/design reviews, and mentor other engineers.

Skills

Python programming

Linux

Distributed systems

REST APIs

Databases

SQL

Debugging

Software design

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary:

Staff Software Engineer, Data Center Test Automation

Job Overview

The DragonX automation team is looking for an experienced Staff Software Engineer to design and develop large-scale software and automation solutions for data center chipset and platform validation.

This is a hands-on software engineering role for candidates with a strong software and systems background who enjoy solving complex engineering problems. The successful candidate will develop scalable automation infrastructure for test orchestration, resource management, test execution, results analysis, and failure triage across pre-silicon and post-silicon environments.

The role requires strong programming and debugging skills, solid systems knowledge, and the ability to take complex technical problems from design through implementation and deployment. The engineer will work closely with software, validation, infrastructure, and SoC teams to deliver reliable automation capabilities used across data center programs.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain software for data center chipset and platform test automation.
• Build scalable solutions for test orchestration, job automation, resource management, test execution, monitoring, results processing, and failure analysis.
• Develop robust software and backend services using Python, REST APIs, databases, distributed systems, and modern web technologies.
• Design reusable APIs and automation frameworks that enable integration of new chipsets, workloads, platforms, and test environments.
• Troubleshoot complex problems spanning software services, automation infrastructure, compute resources, test environments, and target platforms.
• Improve the performance, reliability, scalability, observability, and maintainability of existing automation systems.
• Work closely with data center, SoC, software, validation, and infrastructure teams to translate engineering requirements into practical software solutions.
• Contribute to architecture and design decisions, conduct code/design reviews, and provide technical guidance and mentoring to other engineers.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong professional software engineering background with demonstrated experience building complex, production-quality software systems.
• Strong Python programming skills and solid knowledge of software design, APIs, data structures, algorithms, and software engineering best practices.
• Experience with Linux, distributed systems, REST services, databases, SQL, and software automation.
• Experience developing systems that manage parallel or distributed workloads.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills across applications, services, infrastructure, and automation environments.
• Ability to independently own complex technical problems from design and implementation through testing and deployment.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across multiple engineering disciplines and contribute to technical design and architecture decisions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing automation or software infrastructure for data center silicon, CPUs, GPUs, AI accelerators, DSPs, NPUs, or heterogeneous SoCs.
• Experience with test automation, validation infrastructure, job orchestration, resource scheduling, or device-management systems.
• Familiarity with data center compute architectures and workloads, including compute-intensive and AI/ML workloads.
• Experience with pre-silicon and/or post-silicon validation.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure, containers, distributed compute, CI/CD, telemetry, and observability.
• Experience developing platforms, services, or APIs used by multiple engineering teams.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience. OR Master’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience. OR PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• 2+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:

$141,300.00 - $211,900.00

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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