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About Qualcomm
Qualcomm is a leading American semiconductor and telecommunications company based in San Diego, CA.
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Listed pay typically runs
$154,000–$231,000
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At Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., the Senior Firmware Validation Engineer will join a dynamic Quality Engineering team to develop and execute comprehensive test plans for firmware and software validation across various levels of integration. This role involves creating automated test suites and manually testing customer experiences in mobile, compute, and automotive environments. The candidate will also contribute to continuous integration and deployment processes, ensuring production-level readiness by implementing use cases and collaborating with cross-functional teams on bring-up and debugging efforts. Ideal candidates possess extensive experience in software/firmware validation for data center servers, strong programming skills in C or Python, and familiarity with operating systems such as Ubuntu Server, RHEL, and SUSE. Knowledge of server firmware standards and open-source implementations is a plus, particularly for ARM64-based platforms.
C/C++
Git
CI/CD
React
Angular
Node.js
Jenkins
libusb
Linux System Programming
Win32 APIs
gdb
strace
Windbg
Visual Studio Debugger
Process Explorer
CMake
Electron
Python
PostgreSQL
C
C++
ARM
RISC-V
RTOS
J-TAG
ICE
SPI
I2C
PCIe
CAN
Ethernet
USB
UFS
GIC
PLIC
Linux_kernel
Firmware_development
Driver_development
Multi-core_CPUs
Memory_consistency
Messaging_systems
Virtualization
Security
Super_Scalar_Architectures