Lab Infrastructure / Device Bring Up Engineer

**Company:**

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Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

**Job Area:**

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Engineering Group, Engineering Group > DSP Architecture and Design

**General Summary:**

**\*This position requires working onsite in the San Diego Lab\***

We are looking for an experienced Lab Infrastructure / Device Bring Up Engineer to help deliver the future of AI on DSPs. Our team owns the infrastructure, tooling, and automation that support large-scale device labs used by Qualcomm’s ML and software development teams.

We manage a lab environment consisting of large numbers of embedded, phone- and compute-like devices and the supporting infrastructure that enables developers to build, deploy, test, and validate software at scale. This includes device provisioning, lab automation, monitoring, and operational support across multiple teams and sites.

This role focuses on designing, operating, and evolving device lab infrastructure, ensuring high reliability, scalability, and developer productivity in a fast-paced, hardware–software co-development environment.

**Responsibilities**

• Design, develop, and maintain device lab infrastructure supporting large-scale software development and testing.
• Develop and support automation for device provisioning, configuration, health monitoring, and lifecycle management.
• Own day-to-day operational health of the lab, including device availability, stability, and rapid issue triage.
• Build and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions (e.g., Splunk) to proactively detect and resolve issues.
• Develop automation and tooling using Python and Windows PowerShell to improve lab reliability and operational efficiency.
• Support developers by diagnosing and resolving device, lab, and infrastructure-related issues, often involving complex hardware/software interactions.
• Manage and improve workflows using GitHub for source control, automation, and collaboration.
• Partner with cross-functional teams (software, ML, hardware, IT) to plan and execute lab expansions, upgrades, and new capabilities.
• Ensure lab infrastructure follows security, compliance, and operational best practices.
• Provide technical leadership and influence design decisions for lab infrastructure used across multiple teams.

**What Are We Looking For?**

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related discipline; a master’s degree is a plus.
• 7+ years of relevant experience in lab infrastructure, device support, DevOps, systems engineering, or similar roles.
• Proven experience developing and supporting device lab infrastructure, including physical phone- and compute-like devices and associated tooling.
• Strong proficiency in Windows PowerShell and Python for automation and tooling development.
• Experience with Splunk or similar monitoring/logging platforms for system observability and troubleshooting.
• Solid experience using GitHub for source control, collaboration, and automation workflows.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills across hardware, OS, and software layers.
• Experience operating environments with large numbers of devices or systems requiring high availability.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills across teams and time zones.
• Self-directed and comfortable owning ambiguous problem spaces from design through production support.

**Minimum Qualifications:**

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

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

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

• 2+ years of experience with high-performance microprocessor design.

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**Pay range** **and Other Compensation & Benefits** **:**

$154,000.00 - $231,000.00

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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