Qualcomm
Senior Engineer, Server System Integration and Debug
$118K–$177K
San Diego, California · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 17, 2026
- Experience
- Bachelor's: 2+ years; master's: 1+ year; or PhD (no years specified).
- Education
- Bachelor's, master's, or PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
About the job
Drives system-level bring-up, debugging, validation, and failure analysis for accelerator cards, servers, and rack-scale AI platforms.
What you'll do
- Triage issues, investigate failures, analyze data, identify root causes, and drive corrective actions.
- Develop and document bring-up, validation, and debug processes; improve test automation infrastructure.
- Execute validation and debug across accelerator cards, servers, rack-scale platforms, Ethernet, PCIe, and high-speed I/O.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in a related field and 2+ years of Systems Engineering or related experience; or master's degree and 1+ year; or PhD.
- Experience debugging and validating enterprise-class hardware, firmware, and software systems.
- Understanding of server architectures, AI accelerators or GPU cards, PCIe, networking, and system integration.
- Hands-on failure analysis and root cause investigation; proficiency with hardware debug equipment and laboratory bring-up.
Nice to have
- Experience developing debug or test automation tools using Python or similar scripting languages.
- Experience with server qualification or manufacturing test, rack-scale AI/HPC/data center platforms, or protocol and logic analyzers.
Pay
$117,800.00 - $176,600.00 USD base salary
Tools
Linux, Python, JTAG, PCIe, Ethernet, oscilloscopes
AI focus
Supports bring-up, debugging, and validation of rack-scale AI inference solutions and accelerator platforms.
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