Sr Staff Engineer - software/firmware test automation

Job Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering 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. 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 level s 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 e xperience 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 qualificationExperience in release engineering, continuous integration and continuous development environments