Staff Software Engineer (SSIT)

Job overview

The Staff Software Engineer (SSIT) is an onsite role in San Diego, CA, with a salary range of $158,400 to $237,600 per year. This role is part of the AISW engineering team, responsible for software system integration testing for the Delegates portfolio. The engineer will own subsystem-level validation at the feature development stage, working side-by-side with software engineers to define test strategies and build targeted test content. This is a shift-left quality role, ensuring feature robustness before transition to QA and System Integration Test.

What you'll do

• Partner with delegate engineers to define testability requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Own SSIT test strategy and coverage targets.
• Develop and maintain automated test content using Python/PyTest.
• Validate on-device behavior on Snapdragon SoCs.
• Triage failures and drive root cause analysis.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

full-time

day shift

san diego ca

ssit

software engineering

integration testing

python

ai

snapdragon

qualcomm

$158k-$238k

onsite

no on-call

no travel

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Competitive annual discretionary bonus program, annual RSU grants, and comprehensive US benefits package.

Why this role

Staff-level shift-left quality role for AI software stack integration.

About the employer

Qualcomm is hiring for this role. Industry: Engineering Services. Sector: 54.