Job Description

Company: Qualcomm India Private Limited
Job Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Test Engineering
General Summary: Develops, creates, and modifies general computer applications software or specialized utility programs. Designs test plans, scenarios, scripts, or procedures. Documents software defects, using a bug tracking system, and report defects to software developers. Identifies, analyzes, and documents problems with program function, output, online screen, or content. Develops testing programs that address areas such as software scenarios, error or bug retests, or usability. Participates in product design reviews to provide input on functional requirements, product designs, schedules, or potential problems.
Minimum Qualifications:

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

OR
Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Test Engineering or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Test Engineering or related work experience.

• 2+ years of experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.
• 3+ years of experience with Software Test or System Test, developing and automating test plans, and tools (e.g., Source Code Control Systems, Continuous Integration Tools, and Bug Tracking Tools).

Preferred Qualifications: • Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field. • 8+ years of Software Test Engineering or related work experience. • 3+ years of experience with Advanced Development Skills (e.g., Database Management Software, API's, Web Development Tools) and Test Frameworks. Principal Duties and Responsibilities: • Serves as a technical leader within area of focus. • Serves as a mentor to engineers and senior engineers and teaches them about features, testing, and automation. • Conducts log analyses with team members to identify where an issue has occurred and makes recommendations for how to address the issue. • Communicates with project lead via email and direct conversation to provide status and information about impending obstacles. • Implements a testing plan by attempting to cause a failure within multiple areas of code. • Collects information across team members and identifies fundamental patterns/trends related to systems testing. • Collaborates with others inside and outside of project team to accomplish project objectives. • Manages team project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables for small projects. • Directs and educates smaller team of engineers to detect bugs in testing code and quickly resolve issues using basic debugging approaches; assigns and delegates testing bugs to a junior testing engineer based on his or her individual expertise. • Verifies that proposed solutions to identified issues accurately address and correct the problem. • Reviews functional test and adds additional test cases when necessary to ensure that issues are fully understood and analyzed. • Directs small team of engineers on gathering, integrating, and interpreting information from a variety of sources in order to troubleshoot issues and find solutions. • Participates in verifying that proposed solutions to identified issues accurately address and correct the problem. • Develops, coaches, and mentors experienced and junior members of the team and provides development assignments. • Helps team members to determine which work tasks are most important, avoid distractions, and complete work in a timely manner. • Serves as a technical lead on mid-sized projects and assigns work to a small project team while also completing more advanced aspects of testing to complete a project. • Makes decisions as it pertains to complex coding associated with test development code. • Identifies and promotes a unifying vision throughout the team with associated day-to-day goals and creates a climate in which people want to contribute. 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 is committed to hiring and supporting individuals with disabilities. Although this role has some expected physical activity, an inability to perform one or more of the listed physical requirements should not deter otherwise qualified applicants from applying. We will work with you throughout the application and onboarding process to provide reasonable accommodations. Examples of expected physical activity include: frequently transporting between offices, buildings, and campuses up to ½ mile; frequently transporting and installing equipment up to 5 lbs; performing tasks at various heights (e.g., standing or sitting); monitoring and utilizing computers and test equipment for more than 6 hours a day; and continuous communication which includes the comprehension of information with colleagues, customers, and vendors both in person and remotely.
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