Senior Staff Engineer - Software/Firmware Test Automation
Qualcomm
Job Summary
Qualcomm is seeking a Sr Staff Engineer for software/firmware test automation. This role involves designing, developing, and maintaining automated test suites for Qualcomm products at functional, integration, and system levels. You will create test plans, ensure requirements traceability, and perform manual testing for customer experience in mobile, compute, and automotive environments. The position also requires assisting in the creation of Quality Engineering/Release engineering processes, focusing on continuous integration and development, and ensuring production-level software readiness. You'll also analyze and enhance power and performance from operating systems and customer usage perspectives.
Must Have
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, IT, or CS with 6+ years of experience.
- Proficiency in programming languages like C, C++, Java, or Python.
- Experience in creating software/firmware test plans.
- Developing and maintaining automated test suites.
- Manual testing of hardware and software in various environments.
Good to Have
- 12+ years of software test engineering experience.
- Strong understanding of software/firmware test automation techniques.
- Strong programming skills in C and/or Python.
- Experience with operating systems like Windows, Linux, and Android.
- Experience developing automated test cases for mobile, compute, and automotive platforms.
- Experience testing for production quality software.
- Experience in release engineering, CI/CD environments.
Perks & Benefits
- Health benefits with world-class coverage.
- Wealth programs for financial security.
- Self and family resources for emotional/mental strength.
- Wellbeing programs and resources for work-life balance.
- Continuous learning and development programs.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Mentorship opportunities.
Job Description
Company:
Qualcomm India Private LimitedJob Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software EngineeringGeneral Summary:
As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm Software Engineer, you will design, develop, create, modify, and validate embedded and cloud edge software, applications, and/or specialized utility programs that launch cutting-edge, world class products that meet and exceed customer needs. Qualcomm Software Engineers collaborate with systems, hardware, architecture, test engineers, and other teams to design system-level software solutions and obtain information on performance requirements and interfaces.
Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.OR
Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 5+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• 3+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.
Create software/firmware test plans, addressing requirements traceability matrix and test coverage, with respect to feature requirements
Design, develop, execute and maintain automated software/firmware test suites for the purpose of verifying quality and compliance of Qualcomm products at functional, integration and system levels
Manually test, where appropriate, the customer experience of installation and deployment of Qualcomm hardware and software in a mobile, compute and automotive environment.
Assist in the creation of a Quality Engineering/Release engineering process with emphasis on continuous integration and continuous development
Assist in achieving production-level software readiness, implement customer use-cases, workload analysis models, workload creation, and collaborating with other teams on bring-up/debug/diags
Focus on ensuring that existing Operating Systems and customer usage environments run well, while identifying strong opportunity for enhancements, from a power and performance perspective.
Preferred Qualifications
12 years+ of demonstrated software test engineering experience
Strong understanding and experience in software/firmware test automation techniques
Strong programming skills with experience in C and/or Python programming languages
Extensive experience working with operating systems like Windows, Linux and Android
Experience developing automated software/firmware test cases for mobile, compute and/or automotive platforms, supporting bring-up and production SW releases
Experience testing for production quality software, on schedule, particularly in an organization that delivers software to enable SOC (System-On-Chip) solutions
Additional Asset qualification: Experience in release engineering, continuous integration and continuous development environments
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Perks and Benefits
Health
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Wealth
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