Staff / Senior Staff Engineer, Server CPU Software Test Engineer

Qualcomm

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Santa Clara, CA · Austin, TX Posted 67 days ago $180,600–$271,000 / year

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TL;DR

Qualcomm Technologies is seeking Staff/Sr. Staff/Principal level Software Test Engineers to join their dynamic team in various US locations. The role involves creating comprehensive test plans and developing automated test suites for Qualcomm products across functional, integration, and system levels. Candidates will manually test customer experiences in mobile, compute, and automotive environments while contributing to the development of a robust Quality Engineering process focused on continuous integration and deployment. Key responsibilities include ensuring software readiness for production, implementing customer use-cases, and collaborating with cross-functional teams on bring-up, debug, and diagnostics tasks. Ideal candidates possess strong programming skills in C or Python, extensive experience with operating systems like Ubuntu Server, RHEL, SUSE, and Windows server, and a deep understanding of firmware test automation techniques. Experience with BIOS/UEFI, BMC firmware, and ARM64-based servers is highly desirable for this role addressing complex data center challenges.

Skills

Python C Ubuntu Server RHEL SUSE Windows Server CI/CD Docker Kubernetes Terraform AWS PostgreSQL Git Jenkins

What you'll do

Create detailed software/firmware test plans to ensure comprehensive coverage and traceability.
Develop and maintain automated test suites for functional, integration, and system-level verification of Qualcomm products.
Manually test customer experiences in mobile, compute, and automotive environments to validate installation and deployment.
Assist in the creation of continuous integration and deployment processes for quality engineering and release management.
Implement customer use-cases and workload analysis models to ensure production-level software readiness.

What we're looking for

At least 5 years of experience in software/firmware validation and test engineering.
Strong expertise in automated software/firmware testing techniques.
Extensive knowledge of operating systems including Ubuntu Server, RHEL, SUSE, and Windows server.
Proficient programming skills with C and/or Python languages.
Experience developing automated test cases for server platforms across various stages.
Collaborative work experience with multiple SW/HW engineering teams on validation projects.

Market check

Salary context

This $180,600–$271,000 range sits above 90% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$126,912–$234,000

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$165,000–$214,500

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

About Qualcomm

Qualcomm is a leading American semiconductor and telecommunications company based in San Diego, CA.

Qualcomm currently has 595 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $148,300–$222,500 across 540 roles with salary data.

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