Qualcomm Systems Integration & Test Engineer - Top 

United States, California, San Diego 

977656835

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Systems Test Engineering

Tests and modifies general systems-level software/hardware, specialized utility and/or hardware. Interprets wireless specifications. Designs test plans, scenarios, scripts, or procedures. Documents systems-level defects, using a bug tracking system, and report defects to developers. Identifies, analyzes, troubleshoots, and documents problems with program function, output, or content. Develops testing programs that assess effectiveness of a new system or modification of an existing system.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Systems Test Engineering or related work experience.

Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Systems Test Engineering or related work experience.

PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Systems Test Engineering or related work experience.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Systems Test Engineering or related work experience.

• Should understand technical terms related to all wireless technologies.

• Proficiency with Windows and Linux OSincluding Linux level administration, and VM environment.

• Previous experience with monitoring performance including KPIs and operations of large-scale production or test infrastructure equipment.

• Experience evaluating wireless communications systems through logging and post analysis.

• Programming/scripting skills (C / C++, Python, Shell)

• Excellent written, verbal communication, and presentation skills

• Team player with strong customer service orientation.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous cellular protocol experience in one or more of the following (3G, 4G, 5G)

• Experience using various tools such as git, Jenkins, and test case management systems

• Experience using various tools such as Git, Jenkins, and test case management systems

• RF measurement and network protocol analyzer tools (e.g., WireShark, iPerf)

• Mobile platform operating systems exposure including Linux, Android, and iOS.

• Preferred: Master's EE / Computer Science or equivalent experience

• 8+ years of Systems Test Engineering or related work experience.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Conducts log analyses with team members to identify where an issue has occurred and makes recommendations for how to address the issue.

• Verifies that proposed solutions to identified issues accurately address and correct the problem and do not impact other functionalities.

• Reviews functional test and adds additional test cases when necessary to ensure that issues are fully understood and analyzed.

• Reviews results documents to assist team in determining root causes of testing errors and determines best way to debug. Prioritizes errors as required.

• Identifies test requirements based on input from team and manager with minimal oversight.

• Participates in project review sessions within team to deliver constructive feedback on testing problems encountered by more junior staff.

• Displays expertise for the different features of the system.

• Collects information (e.g., logs, requirements) across team members and identifies fundamental patterns/trends related to systems testing.

• Reviews performance test and adds additional test cases when necessary to ensure that issues are fully understood and analyzed.

• Serves as a mentor to Engineers and Senior Engineers and teaches them about complex features, systems, testing strategies, and automation.

• Addresses general technical issues and escalates only highly complex technical issues to tech leads or Principal Engineers.

• Determines if issues should be tested in the field or in the lab and ensures that all possible scenarios are addressed in the test plans.

• Implements a testing plan by attempting to cause a failure within multiple areas of code.

Level of Responsibility:

• Working independently with little supervision.

• Making decisions that are moderate in impact; errors may have financial impact or effect on projects, operations, or customer relationships; errors may require involvement beyond immediate work group to correct.

• Using verbal and written communication skills to convey complex and/or detailed information to multiple individuals/audiences with differing knowledge levels. May require strong negotiation and influence, communication to large groups or high-level constituents.

• Having a moderate amount of influence over key organizational decisions (e.g., is consulted by senior leadership to provide input on key decisions).

• Completing tasks that do not have defined steps; simultaneous use of multiple mental abilities is generally required to determine the best approach; mistakes may result in significant rework.

• Exercising substantial creativity to innovate new processes, procedures, or work products within guidelines or to achieve established objectives.

• Using deductive and inductive problem solving; multiple approaches may be taken/necessary to solve the problem; often information is missing or conflicting; advanced data analysis and interpretation skills are required.

• Occasionally participates in strategic planning within own area affecting immediate operations.

The responsibilities of this role do not include:

• Financial accountability (e.g., does not involve budgeting responsibility).

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:

$122,000.00 - $183,000.00