System Integration & Test Engineer - Top Secret Clearance Preferred (San Diego CA)

Location: San Diego, California, United States of America

Department: Systems Test Engineering

Work Location: onsite

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Systems Test Engineering

General Summary:

QUALCOMM's Government (QGOV) division develops special products based on its wireless terrestrial technologies for the military, federal and local governments. We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented System Test & Integration Engineer to join our engineering team. This role is critical in ensuring the seamless integration and robust performance of complex systems across hardware, software, and network components. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in system-level testing, integration methodologies, and troubleshooting across multidisciplinary platforms.

Key Responsibilities and job exposure:

• Design, develop, and execute system-level test plans and procedures for integrated hardware and software systems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including software, hardware, and systems engineering to define integration strategies and resolve issues.
• Perform integration testing to validate system functionality, performance, and reliability.
• Analyze test results, identify root causes of failures, and drive corrective actions.
• Develop automated test scripts and tools to improve test coverage and efficiency.
• Serve as liaison between technical teams, in internal organizations as well as in client and vendor/subcontractor organizations.
• Support system verification and validation activities in lab and field environments.
• Document test results, integration issues, and provide detailed reports to stakeholders.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Systems Test Engineering or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Systems Test Engineering or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.

Preferred qualifications or experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Previous cellular protocol experience in one or more of the following (3G, 4G, 5G)
• Mobile platform operating systems exposure including Android, and iOS.
• Programming skills (C/C++, C#, Java )
• RF measurement, network protocol analyzer tools and familiarity with Wireshark, and iPerf.
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies.
• Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:

$157,500.00 - $236,300.00

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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