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- Work type
- On-site
- Location
- Santa Clara, CA
- Posted
- 131 days ago
- Closes
- Aug 5, 2026
- Nearby
- 99+ roles within 25 mi
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About Qualcomm
Qualcomm is a leading American semiconductor and telecommunications company based in San Diego, CA.
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The Sr Staff ARM Server Firmware Management Customer Engineer at Qualcomm Technologies is a senior technical role responsible for driving the success of ARM-based hyperscale server platforms across various industry partners. This position requires deep expertise in platform firmware and server architecture to solve complex system-level issues, influence product direction, and accelerate technology adoption. Day-to-day responsibilities include leading multi-team debug efforts, mentoring customer engineering teams, and serving as the final escalation point for critical deliverables. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with UEFI/BIOS, BMC manageability (Redfish/IPMI), ARM Trusted Firmware, and silicon initialization, along with proficiency in C/C++, Python, and debugging techniques. This role operates at a large scale within Qualcomm’s datacenter roadmap, requiring leadership across firmware, bootloader, system software development, and platform security.
Skills
What you'll do
- Lead deep dive forensics for complex firmware issues and system failures.
- Coordinate cross-functional war rooms to resolve critical platform issues rapidly.
- Serve as the primary technical liaison for customer engagements on server platforms.
- Mentor internal teams and scale global customer engineering capabilities.
- Shape diagnostics and observability stack for early boot logging and error handling.
- Drive continuous improvement in fault detection, manageability protocol interoperability.
What we're looking for
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with 6+ years of software development experience.
- Extensive experience (3+ years) with programming languages such as C, C++, Java, Python.
- Proven ability to debug complex system-level issues and perform deep forensic analysis.
- Strong leadership skills in customer engagement, code reviews, and strategic enablement for UEFI/BIOS and BMC integration.
- Expert understanding of ARM server firmware technologies including UEFI/EDK2, TF-A, and BMC ecosystems like OpenBMC and Redfish.
- Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional teams to resolve mission-critical issues in a high-pressure environment.
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