Staff Engineer – Power and BMC Software (San Diego OR Boulder, CO)

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary:

We are looking for a Staff Engineer with responsible for Low-Level FW and  Platform SW for data-center and clould AI systems. The role includes understanding of Power and Thermal Management FW. The role also requires knowledge BMC software to help architect and deliver management solutions for next‑generation cloud rack platforms. You will work closely with hardware, system software, infrastructure and validation teams to deliver production quality firmware. You will play a key technical leadership role in building secure, scalable, and reliable rack‑scale management capabilities used in modern cloud and AI infrastructure deployments.

What You’ll Do

• Design, develop, and maintain Firmware and Low‑Level System Software for cloud and data‑center platforms (SoC, board, and system level)

• Support platform bring‑up, board validation, and system integration in collaboration with hardware teams
• Design and develop Power Management FW on target using various HW and SW Components
• Develop and maintain Redfish APIs for configuration, monitoring, and telemetry
• Design and implement OpenBMC features for rack-, chassis-, and node-level management
• Drive cross-functional collaboration with Hardware, Firmware, and Platform Software Teams
• Influence long-term architecture decisions for Power, Rack management and Observability
• Mentor engineers and set technical best practices
• Support customer and production issues, including field debugging and issue resolution

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in EE, CE, CS, or equivalent practical experience
• 6+ years experience in embedded systems, firmware, or low-level system software
• Hands‑on experience with SoC bring‑up, hardware/software integration, and low‑level debugging
• Solid understanding of computer architecture, memory systems, interrupts, DMA, and interconnects
• Proficiency in C/C++ and embedded Linux environments
• Strong hands-on experience with OpenBMC, Redfish APIs.
• Working knowledge of IPMI (SDRs, sensors, command handling)
• Experience debugging real hardware in lab environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in one or more of the following areas:
  • Power management and thermal control
  • Platform performance tuning and stress testing
  • Exposure to AI accelerators, high‑performance interconnects, or multi‑device systems

• Exposure to chassis management or multi-node systems
• Knowledge of BMC security features (secure boot, firmware updates, root of trust)
• Experience collaborating with hardware vendors, ODMs, or manufacturing partners
• Familiarity with Linux device models, or manufacturing test flows
• Prior work in hyperscale, cloud infrastructure, or AI accelerator platforms

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.

• 2+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.