Qualcomm

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Company: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Job Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Quality Assurance Engineering General Summary: **Hiring in San Diego, Santa Clara and Austin 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. We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Staff Software Quality Assurance Engineer to join our team. This role is critical in ensuring the quality and reliability of Qualcomm’s software and firmware across mobile, compute, and automotive platforms. Minimum Qualifications: • Bachelor's Degree in Applied Science, Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field and 6+ years of Quality Engineering or related work experience. OR Master's Degree in Applied Science, Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field and 5+ years of Quality Engineering or related work experience. OR PhD in Applied Science, Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field and 4+ years of Quality Engineering or related work experience. Preferred Qualifications 12+ years of hands-on experience in software test engineering. Strong expertise in software/firmware test automation methodologies. Proficient in programming languages such as C and Python. Extensive experience with operating systems including Windows, Linux, and Android. Proven track record in developing automated test cases for mobile, compute, and/or automotive platforms. Experience supporting production-quality software releases in SOC (System-on-Chip) environments. Additional asset: Background in release engineering and CI/CD pipelines. Responsibilities Develop comprehensive software/firmware test plans, ensuring traceability to feature requirements and full test coverage. Design, implement, and maintain automated test suites to validate functionality, integration, and system-level performance of Qualcomm products. Conduct manual testing where necessary to evaluate customer experience during installation and deployment of Qualcomm hardware and software. Contribute to the development of Quality Engineering and Release Engineering processes, with a focus on Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Development (CD). Support production-level software readiness by implementing customer use cases, workload models, and collaborating on bring-up, debugging, and diagnostics. Ensure optimal performance and power efficiency of operating systems and customer environments, identifying opportunities for enhancement. 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 or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found here. 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 accessible for individuals with disabilities. (Keep in mind that this email address is used to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. We will not respond here to requests for updates on applications or resume inquiries). To all Staffing and Recruiting Agencies: Our Careers Site is only for individuals seeking a job at Qualcomm. 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Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law. Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits: $140,400.00 - $210,600.00 The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer – and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link. If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.