Company:Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Systems Test Engineering

General Summary:

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 8+ years of Systems Test Engineering or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 7+ years of Systems Test Engineering or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Systems Test Engineering or related work experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

•    Master's Degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science or related field. 

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

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

•    Provides support and thought leadership to the team by researching industry best practices and technical standards with regard to identifying and understanding systems failure.
•    Networks with other departments within Qualcomm to gain insight, ideas, and connections.
•    Oversees verification that proposed solutions to identified issues accurately address and correct the problem.
•    Seeks information from entire project team to help them identify fundamental patterns/trends related to systems testing that can create substantial productivity issues.              
•    Consults with other countries or large project team leaders to determine how best to address a new or unique problem.
•    Makes decisions as it pertains to determining areas of systems testing that require particular focus with regard to improved processes in order to create greater efficiency and higher productivity.
•    Reviews high level results issues to provide guidance to team on best way to address feature issues using specific and cutting-edge industry knowledge.
•    Regularly checks in with team members to ensure that projects are running on schedule and that the right level and type of testing is being conducted.       
•    Engage with other teams (e.g., development teams, tools teams) to determine if they have any updates on their side to see if any changes to plans or projects are needed.              
•    Engages in proactive discussions with colleagues from across the organization about addressing feature requirements and meeting client needs.       
•    Works with high-level representatives from other functions (e.g., development group, strategy group, customer engineering) to integrate testing with other components of a larger initiative.              
•    Partners with business and engineering peers to solve high level feature issues.

Level of Responsibility:

•    Working independently with no supervision. 
•    Making decisions that are significant in impact, influencing overall program or project success, finances, and/or the ability to meet objectives; errors are not readily apparent due to the complexity of work process/product or time between decisions and results; errors typically result in significant expenditure of time, resources, and funds 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 great degree of influence over key organizational decisions (e.g., is making or directly making key decisions that have substantial impact on the organization).
•    Completing tasks that require multiple steps that can be performed in various orders; tasks require simultaneously executing multiple cognitive abilities and maintaining information in short or long-term memory. 
•    Regularly determines what needs to be done and is involved with sharing innovative solutions to achieve broad policies and 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).

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:

$190,000.00 - $285,000.00

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.

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