Senior Product Test Development Automation Engineer; Linux, ARM SoC

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Engineering Group >
Systems Test Engineering

Qualcomm is seeking a Senior Product Test Development Automation Engineer to lead the validation and automation of next‑generation ARM‑based server hardware platforms. This role is pivotal in ensuring Qualcomm’s custom silicon and server solutions meet the highest standards of uptime and thermal reliability, high performance, and scalability for hyperscale deployments. You will drive system‑level custom IP hardware testing and automation on Linux and utilize internal SDK tools, collaborating across hardware, firmware and software covering critical components (not limited to custom CPU, memory, interconnects, power, remote management interfaces, use‑case specific synthetic workloads).

The candidate for this role combines software development skills (to build automated tests and tools) with hardware engineering expertise (to understand and stress‑test server components). The candidate should have experience working on complex systems (often containing custom ARM‑based chips), be comfortable writing code, be capable of methodical problem‑solving, have attention to detail, and clear and concise verbal and written communication skills.

• Lead Test Strategy & Execution:
  Architect, Design, Develop, and automate independently the feature requests and overall comprehensive test plans for new ARM‑based server products, from prototype to test production scaling. Define the feature test scenarios, the implication and coverage across subsystem blocks, code the test scenarios, and execute the developed test cases for CPU, memory, PCIe, power/thermal, and system uptime under demanding workloads. Report to management on the results, provide trend analysis, root cause and iterative test improvement actions.
• System Integration & Stress Testing:
  Direct integrated system tests that exercise hardware, firmware and OS together. Lead efforts in stress workloads, power cycling and long‑duration soak tests to ensure reliability and uptime. Identify tests and unroot HW and SW issues early during product development, across early phases of chip bring‑up, chip sampling to customers, and post commercialization, ensuring that new hardware and firmware combinations are robust and reliable for continuous operation at scale.
• Automation Framework Development:
  Design, implement and maintain scalable automated test suites and frameworks (C/C++ cross‑platform across various environments: UEFI, Linux/Unix OSs, BMC automation, Virtualized OS test automation, including Unix shell scripting) to validate hardware and firmware efficiently across multiple platforms on the server platform and ensure the framework is scalable across SoC products. Develop and maintain test frameworks across differentiating operating environments.
• Advanced Debugging & Root Cause Analysis:
  Perform deep diagnostics and failure analysis across hardware, subsystems, software and kernel, firmware boundaries, support troubleshooting and devise techniques to quantify and isolate faults. Collaborate with SW and HW design engineers to drive experimentation, debugging and validate fixes or workarounds.
• System‑Level Soak Testing:
  Perform extended thermal cycling, high‑load endurance tests. Conduct integrated system tests that exercise hardware, firmware and OS together, including booting Linux on new ARM‑based servers and running stress workloads (CPU burn‑in, memory tests, I/O benchmarks) to verify end‑to‑end functionality. Power cycling and long‑duration soak tests gauge reliability and uptime. Include networking and remote management stressors for reliability and robustness.
• Global Collaboration with Cross‑Functional Teams:
  Act as a bridge between hardware design, software/firmware and operations teams. Work with hardware designers, project managers to understand new board/SoC features and define test requirements, and with firmware/software developers to ensure coverage of all functionalities. Coordinate with manufacturing, data center operations and product design teams to identify and mitigate product risks.
• Quality Metrics & Reporting:
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