Qualcomm
Sr. Staff CPU Software Test Engineer
$190K–$285K
Santa Clara, California · On-site · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 17, 2026
- Experience
- Bachelor's degree: 6+ years; master's degree: 5+ years; PhD: 4+ years. Also requires 3+ years with a programming language. Preferred: 8+ years in Software/Firmware Validation and at least 5 years focused on Data Center Servers.
- Education
- Bachelor's, master's, or PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field.
About the job
Develops and maintains software and firmware validation plans and automated tests for Qualcomm products, supporting system readiness, release processes, and power and performance improvements.
What you'll do
- Create test plans and automated test suites to verify software and firmware quality at functional, integration, and system levels.
- Manually test customer installation and deployment experiences, and help establish continuous integration and deployment release processes.
- Support production readiness through workload analysis, use-case implementation, bring-up debugging, and power and performance evaluation.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 6+ years of software engineering or related experience; or master's degree and 5+ years; or PhD and 4+ years.
- 3+ years of work experience with a programming language such as C, C++, Java, or Python.
Nice to have
- 8+ years of software/firmware validation experience; demonstrated software test engineering focused on Data Center Servers (minimum 5 years).
- Experience with server operating systems, test automation, server platform validation, or BIOS/UEFI, BMC firmware, and x86/ARM64/RISC-V server platforms.
Pay
$190,200.00 - $285,400.00 (base salary)
Tools
C, C++, Java, Python, Ubuntu Server, RHEL, SUSE, Windows server
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