Senior Staff, DevOps Engineering - Santa Clara, California, United States of America
$190,200 - $285,400 USD yearly
Originally posted 15 September 2026 by the employer.
Join Qualcomm to work with server firmware/software stacks such as Zephyr, OpenBMC, and EDK2.
About the role
This role is critical to enabling efficient, high-quality software and firmware delivery by designing robust CI/CD pipelines, managing source control systems, and partnering closely with development teams to standardize tools, processes, and best practices. You will collaborate with firmware and platform teams working on server firmware/software stacks such as Zephyr, OpenBMC, and EDK2.
What you'll do
- Design, implement, and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, and GitHub Actions.
- Administer source control management (SCM) platforms including GitLab and Perforce, ensuring version control, branching, and release management practices.
- Develop and maintain build systems and scripts (e.g., Makefiles, CMake) for software compilation, linking, packaging, and delivery.
- Implement and manage configuration management and automation frameworks such as Ansible and Chef.
- Define and enforce branching strategies, versioning schemes, and release workflows to support large-scale, multi-team development.
- Develop and maintain automation and tooling using Shell scripting and Python.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
- 3+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.
- Experience designing, implementing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience with source control management platforms such as GitLab and Perforce.
- Experience with build systems like Makefiles and CMake.
- Experience implementing and managing configuration management and automation frameworks such as Ansible and Chef.
Nice to have
- 12 years of experience in Software, Firmware, or Systems Engineering, including 7 years building virtual platforms, SystemC TLM models, or simulators.
- 3 years of demonstrated experience as a DevOps Engineer or technical leader, preferably within the semiconductor or related industry.
- Working knowledge of server firmware/software frameworks such as Zephyr, OpenBMC, and EDK2.
- Experience in the semiconductor industry or with embedded systems.
- Proficiency in C, Python, and Shell scripting.
Skills: CI/CD pipelines, DevOps, GitLab, Perforce, build systems, configuration management
This role has been open 28 days — well below the 51-day median for Infrastructure/Platform Software roles.
Infrastructure/Platform Software · Infrastructure Platform
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Open roles in category
956
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Median days open
51 d
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Median salary
$235k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Qualcomm | All employers we track in this specialty (956 roles · 86 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 61 | 956 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 702 | 6119 · 146 employers |
| Median days open | 56 d | 51 d (+5 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $235k |
Skills observed across this category: CI/CD pipelines, DevOps, GitLab, Perforce, build systems, configuration management
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 287 open roles · median 44 d
- Qualcomm (this employer) · 61 open roles · median 56 d
- AMD · 53 open roles · median 22 d
- Graphcore · 44 open roles · median 89 d
- Cerebras · 39 open roles · median 79 d
- Intel Corporation · 36 open roles · median 13 d
How we counted: 956 open Infrastructure/Platform Software (Infrastructure Platform) roles from 86 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 14 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.