Sr. Staff Engineer - Verification & Validation Lead

Key responsibilities V&V strategy, process and organization - Define, align and continuously improve the overall V&V strategy, governance model and quality targets for QC ADAS programs. - Translate project, release, customer and quality expectations into clear V&V goals, roadmaps, maturity targets and ramp-up plans. - Organize global V&V teams in a scalable matrix structure that balances project delivery with reusable test platforms, methods and expertise. - Align roles, interfaces and responsibilities across Qualcomm, OEM and Tier 1 stakeholders to enable efficient end-to-end execution. - Define and maintain V&V process descriptions, maturity metrics, escalation paths and high-level software quality indicators. Test strategy, coverage and infrastructure - Drive scalable test strategies across core and application V&V, including test focus, variant handling, system-under-test differences and project-specific needs. - Lead requirements-to-test coverage traceability and close gaps among requirements, test cases, test results, defects and automated reporting. - Establish automation, scenario management, data, tooling and test-infrastructure strategies that support repeatable and efficient validation. - Guide data-driven performance evaluation, including data needs, KPI evaluation methods, toolchain readiness and reporting workflows. - Drive consistent KPI definitions and evaluation methods so results are meaningful, comparable and actionable across internal teams and external partners. Program execution and release readiness - Lead global execution across software verification, system validation, simulation, SIL, HIL, vehicle testing and release qualification. - Drive validation across three ECU platforms and multiple ADAS product variants, including Qualcomm software integrated with Qualcomm and customer middleware environments. - Oversee planning, creation, alignment and delivery of release-test artefacts for customer milestones and software deliveries. - Own objective release-readiness assessment, including quality, coverage, KPI performance, defects, risks, limitations and residual gaps. - Ensure customer acceptance, deployment readiness and production-launch quality through clear evidence and disciplined closure of blocking issues. Leadership and stakeholder engagement - Provide technical leadership, coaching and guidance to V&V engineers, test leads and cross-functional contributors across global teams. - Communicate V&V strategy, status, risks, trade-offs and key decisions clearly to senior leadership, project teams, customers and partners. - Lead resolution of complex cross-team technical and organizational issues, driving decisions and escalating only when required. - Build effective collaboration with OEM and Tier 1 stakeholders through clear accountability, technical negotiation and fact-based quality discussions. EEO Employer: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification. Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law. Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits: $152,800.00 - $229,200.00 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. E