Staff Engineer, CPU Software Test Engineer (Server)

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## **Company:** Qualcomm India Private Limited ## **Job Area:** Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering **General Summary:** Job Description 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 deployment - 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 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience. OR Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience. OR PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience. • 2+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc. **Preferred Qualifications:** - 8+ years of experience in Software/Firmware Validation - Demonstrated software test engineering in SW/FW engineering with focus on Data Center Servers (minimum 5 years). - Strong understanding and experience in software/firmware test automation techniques - Extensive experience working with operating systems like Ubuntu Server, RHEL, SUSE, similar or Windows server - Work with multiple SW/HW Engineering teams to ensure that all requirements and features of reference platform requirements have been validated at a component, integration, functional and system level - Strong programming skills with experience in C and/or Python programming languages - Experience developing automated software/firmware test cases for server platforms, supporting bring-up and production SW releases **Nice to have:** - Prior Experience with SW/FW integration at BIOS/UEFI, BMC firmware, Operating System for x86/ARM64/RISC-V 64bit for server platforms. - Strong understanding of Server firmware Standards, opensource Implementation and specifications for ARM64-based servers **Principal Duties and Responsibilities:** •    Leverages advanced Software knowledge and experience to design, develop, create, modify, and validate 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 software for optimal operational efficiency. •    Designs and implements software modules for large-scale products and systems. •    Participates in and leads design, coding, unit testing, debugging, and integration efforts to ensure projects are completed to specifications and schedules. •    Performs 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 ensure solutions work with other components of a specific project. •    Writes detailed technical documentation for complex Software projects. **Level of Responsibility:** •    Works independently with minimal supervision. •    Provides supervision/guidance to other team members. •    Decision-making is significant in nature and affects work beyond immediate work group. •    Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey information. May require basic 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. **Applicants**: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e-mail [disability-accomodations@qualcomm.com](mailto:disability-accomodations@qualcomm.com) or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found [here](https://qualcomm.service-now.com/hrpublic?id=hr_public_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0039028). Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace ac