Qualcomm

Staff Software Engineer (Data Center Test Automation)

$141K–$212K

San Diego, California · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 21, 2026

Experience: 4+ years with a bachelor’s degree, 3+ years with a master’s degree, or 2+ years with a PhD; also requires 2+ years of programming-language work experience.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field; alternatively, a master’s degree or PhD in those fields. The posting also allows equivalent practical experience.

About the job

Designs and develops scalable automation software for data center chipset and platform validation across pre-silicon and post-silicon environments.

Build and maintain test orchestration, execution, resource management, monitoring, results processing, and failure-analysis systems.
Develop backend services, APIs, and automation frameworks; improve existing systems’ performance, reliability, scalability, and maintainability.
Troubleshoot complex technical issues and collaborate across engineering teams on design, reviews, and technical guidance.

Strong Python programming and professional experience building complex, production-quality software systems.
Experience with Linux, distributed systems, REST services, databases, SQL, software automation, and parallel or distributed workloads.
Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience; alternatively, the stated master’s or PhD pathways.
Strong debugging and problem-solving skills; ability to own technical work from design through deployment.

Experience in data center silicon, test automation, validation infrastructure, orchestration, or device management.
Experience with cloud infrastructure, containers, distributed compute, CI/CD, telemetry, observability, or AI/ML workloads.

$141,300.00 - $211,900.00 (USD, base salary)

Python, REST APIs, Linux, SQL, databases, distributed systems, C, C++

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