Staff Customer Engineering Server Processor Platforms

Qualcomm

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Work type
On-site
Location
Santa Clara, CA
Salary
$143,400–$215,000 / yr
Posted
60 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live 2 days ago
Closes
Jan 9, 2027

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Below market

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This role $179k
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TL;DR · Staff Customer Engineering Server Processor Platforms

Staff, Customer Engineering (CE) – Server Processor Platforms joins the Customer Engineering team to serve as a technical interface between internal product teams and strategic customers, including hyperscalers, OEMs, and ODMs. This role focuses on supporting the design, bring-up, validation, and deployment of server SoC platforms. Responsibilities include reviewing customer schematics, PCB layouts, thermal designs, and power delivery networks while providing support for high-speed interfaces like DDR5, PCIe Gen6/Gen7, CXL, SerDes, and Ethernet. The role requires expertise in SI/PI simulation, firmware interactions such as UEFI and BIOS, and tools including oscilloscopes and logic analyzers. Candidates should possess skills in Python or shell scripting to aid automation. This position addresses the technical challenges of implementing high-performance server platforms while ensuring system designs meet rigorous performance and reliability standards across various hardware disciplines.

What you'll do

  • Provide hardware support for strategic customers including hyperscalers, OEMs, and ODMs adopting server processor SoCs.
  • Act as the primary technical interface for customer teams during design, bring-up, validation, and deployment phases.
  • Review customer schematics, PCB layouts, thermal designs, power delivery networks, and signal integrity plans.
  • Validate and debug high-speed interfaces including DDR, PCIe Gen6/Gen7, CXL, and Ethernet.
  • Identify gaps between customer and internal design expectations to propose practical technical solutions.
  • Create and deliver high-quality technical documentation, training materials, and onboarding content for customer enablement.
  • Drive continuous improvements for support processes and infrastructure to scale across multiple customer engagements.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field with 4+ years of experience.
  • Master's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field with 3+ years of experience.
  • PhD in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field with 2+ years of experience.
  • Experience in server platform design, bring-up, or customer-facing technical roles (preferred).
  • Experience supporting hyperscalers, OEMs, or ODMs in server hardware deployment (preferred).
  • Deep understanding of high-speed board design including DDR5, PCIe Gen6/Gen7, CXL, SerDes, and Ethernet (preferred).
  • Proficiency with system bring-up tools like oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and BERTs (preferred).
  • Familiarity with system firmware (UEFI, BMC, BIOS) and server platform compliance standards (preferred).

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