Staff, Customer Engineering (CE) – Server Processor Platforms
qualcommAbout the role
Company:
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.Job Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Applications EngineeringGeneral Summary:
Join a high-impact Customer Engineering team enabling next-generation server processor platforms for one of the world’s leading semiconductor innovators. As a Staff, Customer Engineer, you will serve as a technical interface between strategic customers—including hyperscalers, OEMs, and ODMs—and internal product teams, helping to launch and sustain industry-leading server SoCs.
This role is ideal for a seasoned technical expert and communicator who thrives in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment. You will drive customer adoption from concept to commercialization and mass production, representing the voice of the customer internally while delivering best-in-class technical support externally. In this role, you’ll work closely with the CE Server Team lead, internal design, systems, and validation teams, and with external partners across thermal, power, SI/PI, and firmware disciplines.You'll also become deeply familiar with reference platforms and platform implementation guides to ensure customer system designs meet the highest performance and reliability standards.
Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Applications Engineering or Hardware Design experience or related work experience.OR
Master's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of Hardware Applications Engineering or Hardware Design experience or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Applications Engineering or Hardware Design experience or related work experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 6+ years of Hardware Applications Engineering or Hardware Design experience in server platform design, bring-up, or customer-facing technical roles
• Prior experience supporting hyperscalers, OEMs, or ODMs in server hardware deployment
• Deep understanding of high-speed board design principles including: o DDR5, PCIe Gen6/Gen7, CXL, SerDes, and Ethernet o PDN design, SI/PI simulation and debug, EMI/EMC mitigation
• Experience with system bring-up and debug tools: oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, BERTs, etc.
• Familiarity with system firmware (UEFI, BMC, BIOS) interactions during hardware validation
• Exposure to server platform compliance and interoperability standards (e.g., OCP, JEDEC, PCI-SIG)
• Programming or scripting experience (e.g., Python, shell) to aid automation or debug • Excellent communication, organizational, and leadership skills
• Demonstrated ability to influence internal teams and manage customer engagements with high autonomy
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
• Provide hardware support for strategic customers adopting server processor SoCs, including hyperscalers, OEMs, and ODMs
• Act as a technical interface for customer hardware teams during design, bring-up, validation, and deployment phases
• Perform detailed reviews of customer schematics, PCB layouts, thermal designs, power delivery networks, and signal integrity plans
• Support SoC interface validation and debug across DDR, PCIe Gen6/Gen7, CXL, Ethernet, and other high-speed interfaces
• Collaborate closely with the CE team, internal engineering, software, validation, and product teams to address technical challenges and customer feedback
• Identify gaps in customer and internal design expectations and propose practical solutions or mitigations
• Familiarize with the reference platforms and platform implementation guides developed by internal teams to effectively support customer development
• Develop & Deliver high-quality technical documentation, training, and onboarding material for customer enablement
• Drive continuous improvement of support processes and infrastructure to scale across customer engagements
Bonus Skills
• Familiarity with SoC integration, including silicon debug or validation experience
• Previous participation in server platform standardization efforts (e.g., OCP NIC 3.0, Open Compute Server specs)
• Experience with AI/ML, HPC, or cloud workload requirements on server platforms
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