Qualcomm
Staff Test Engineer, Hardware Security
$141K–$212K
San Diego, California · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 17, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ years with a bachelor's degree, 3+ years with a master's degree, or 2+ years with a PhD in Hardware Engineering or related work; also lists 2+ years leading/managing engineering teams and 3+ years of relevant ATE and test-methodology experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or a related field.
About the job
Leads engineering teams developing and deploying hardware-security and OTP programming tests for ASIC, SoC, and multi-chiplet products.
What you'll do
- Lead and mentor engineers, manage projects, and coordinate cross-functional test planning.
- Develop and bring up ATE test programs and validation tools; debug chip fusing and yield issues.
- Analyze test results and design digital circuitry supporting product security requirements.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field plus 4+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience; alternatively, a master’s plus 3+ years or a PhD plus 2+ years.
- 2+ years leading or managing engineering teams and 3+ years of relevant ATE and test-methodology experience.
- Experience with OOP languages (Java, C++), Unix/Linux, version control, SW systems and applications development, and digital circuit design.
- Ability to plan and execute ATE test programs from start to finish; strong attention to detail and collaboration skills.
Nice to have
- Experience with Advantest 93K; familiarity with Boundary Scan, ATPG, MBIST, TIC, and JTAG.
- Lauterbach Trace32, embedded software development, FPGA programming, PCB schematic capture and layout; Perl/Python scripting.
Pay
$141,300.00 - $211,900.00 USD base salary
Tools
ATE, 93K, UF+, Java, VB, C++, Unix/Linux, SVN/GIT
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