Qualcomm
Staff / Senior Staff Engineer, Server CPU Software Test Engineer
$190K–$285K
Santa Clara, California +7 · On-site · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 17, 2026
- Location
- Santa Clara, California
Austin, Texas
Boxborough, Massachusetts
Hillsboro, Oregon
North Carolina - Remote
Oregon - Remote
Redmond, Washington
San Diego, California - Experience
- 6+ years with a bachelor's degree, 5+ with a master's, or 4+ with a PhD; also 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 tests for server CPU platforms, validating requirements, quality, and system performance across functional, integration, and system levels.
What you'll do
- Create test plans and automated test suites; perform manual testing where appropriate.
- Support software readiness, platform bring-up, debugging, workload analysis, and continuous integration and deployment processes.
- Validate operating systems and customer environments, identifying power and performance improvements.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 6+ years of related experience, or master's 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 in software/firmware validation; at least 5 years of software test engineering focused on data center servers.
- Experience with server platforms, automated testing, server operating systems, and BIOS/UEFI or BMC firmware integration.
Pay
$190,200.00 - $285,400.00 USD (pay range; salary)
Tools
C, C++, Java, Python, Ubuntu Server, RHEL, SUSE, Windows server
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