Qualcomm · 1 day ago
Sr. Engineer, CPU Software Test Engineer (Server)
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$129K/yr - $194K/yr
8+ years expQualcomm Technologies, Inc. is a leading technology innovator that enables next-generation experiences and drives digital transformation. The Sr. Engineer, CPU Software Test Engineer will design, develop, and validate embedded and cloud edge software while collaborating with various teams to ensure quality and compliance of Qualcomm products.
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Responsibilities
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 opportunity for enhancements, from a power and performance perspective
Leverages advanced Software knowledge and experience to design, develop, create, modify, and validate embedded and cloud edge software, applications, and/or specialized utility programs
Analyzes user needs, software requirements, and time and cost constraints to design and customize software for optimal operational efficiency
Designs and implements software modules for large-scale products and systems
Participates in and leads design, coding, unit testing, debugging, and integration efforts to ensure projects are completed to specifications and schedules
Performs complex code reviews and regression tests as well as triages and fixes issues to ensure the quality of code
Collaborates with individuals outside the software function (e.g., Hardware, Systems, and Test engineers) to ensure solutions work with other components of a specific project
Writes detailed technical documentation for complex Software projects
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience
OR Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Software Engineering or related work experience
OR PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field
2+ years of academic or work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc
Preferred
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
Benefits
Competitive annual discretionary bonus program
Opportunity for annual RSU grants
Highly competitive benefits package
Company
Qualcomm
Qualcomm designs wireless technologies and semiconductors that power connectivity, communication, and smart devices.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
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Leadership Team
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President and Chief Executive Officer
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CEO
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