Staff Engineer

6 Days ago • 4 Years + • Software Development & Engineering

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Qualcomm Software Engineer, you will design, develop, create, modify, and validate embedded and cloud edge software, applications, and/or specialized utility programs to launch cutting-edge products. This role involves collaborating with various engineering teams to design system-level software solutions and ensure performance. Key responsibilities include creating and maintaining automated software/firmware test suites, manually testing customer experiences, assisting in quality and release engineering processes with an emphasis on continuous integration and development, and ensuring optimal performance of existing operating systems.
Must have:
  • Create software/firmware test plans
  • Design, develop, execute and maintain automated software/firmware test suites
  • Manually test customer experience of installation and deployment
  • Assist in the creation of a Quality Engineering/Release engineering process
  • Assist in achieving production-level software readiness
  • Focus on ensuring existing Operating Systems and customer usage environments run well
  • Leverage advanced Software knowledge to design, develop, create, modify, and validate critical embedded and cloud edge software
  • Analyze user needs, software requirements, and time and cost constraints
  • Design and implement software sub-systems for complex, large-scale products
  • Lead design, coding, and testing efforts
  • Perform highly complex code reviews and regression tests
  • Collaborate with individuals outside the software function
  • Write detailed technical documentation for highly complex Software projects
Good to have:
  • 12+ years of 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
  • Experience in release engineering, continuous integration and continuous development environments
Perks:
  • World-class health benefit options providing world-class coverage
  • Programs designed to help employees build and prepare for a financially secure future
  • Self and family resources to build emotional/mental strength and resilience
  • Wellbeing programs and resources to help employees Live+Well and Work+Well
  • Continuous learning and development programs
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Mentorships

Job Details

Job Posting Date

2025-07-23

General 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.

Job Overview

  • 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.

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.

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

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

•    Leverages advanced Software knowledge and experience to design, develop, create, modify, and validate critical embedded and cloud edge software, applications, and/or specialized utility programs.

•    Analyzes user needs, software requirements, and time and cost constraints to design and customize sophisticated software for optimal operational efficiency.

•    Designs and implements software sub-systems for complex, large-scale products and systems.

•    Leads design, coding, and testing efforts to ensure that projects are completed to specifications and schedules.

•    Performs highly complex code reviews and regression tests as well as triages and fixes issues to ensure the quality of code.

•    Collaborates with individuals outside the software function (e.g., Hardware, Systems, and Test engineers) to increase leverage and design solutions that work with other components of a specific project.

•    Writes detailed technical documentation for highly complex Software projects; reviews technical documentation for junior engineers.

Level of Responsibility:

•    Works independently with minimal supervision.

•    Provides supervision/guidance to other team members.

•    Decision-making is critical in nature and highly impacts program, product, or project success.

•    Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey complex information. May require negotiation, influence, tact, etc.

•    Has a moderate amount of influence over key organizational decisions (e.g., is consulted by senior leadership to make key decisions).

•    Tasks often require multiple steps which can be performed in various orders; extensive planning, problem-solving, and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively.

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About The Company

Our employees make Qualcomm’s success possible. We hire the brightest minds and foster a supportive, inclusive culture where your ideas have the power to contribute to world-changing innovations and breakthrough technologies. To make that possible, we leverage the breadth and depth of our diverse expertise from around the world to answer the unasked, conquer the complex, and solve some of the biggest challenges only we can – together.

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