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Senior Technical Software Test Program Manager - AI Team

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Qualcomm is seeking a Senior Technical Software Test Program Manager for their AI Team in Bangalore, India. This role involves leading system integration test programs for next-generation AI solutions, coordinating cross-functional teams, and ensuring release quality and customer delivery.

Responsibilities

  • Own System Integration Test program planning, tracking, and reporting deliverables across AI software releases that spans multiple projects.
  • Coordinate cross-functional test planning across compiler, model onboarding, inference serving, platform software, ecosystem, firmware, systems and hardware teams.
  • Assess schedule, quality, dependency, resource, and technical risks impacting SIT deliverables.
  • Track test plan development, execution progress, defect trends, release risks, quality metrics, and release readiness.
  • Establish traceability from requirements to validation plans, execution, release criteria, and customer deliverables.
  • Monitor Component Development and Integration readiness, test automation integration, build qualification, and customer delivery workflows.
  • Drive retrospectives and independent RCA after major releases to identify continuous improvement opportunities.
  • Build dashboards, exec summaries and program views that provide clear visibility into release health and test status.
  • Use AI-enabled tools and automation to improve program visibility, reporting efficiency, and decision-making.
  • Plan, manage, and forecast lab requirements, including servers, accelerator cards, GPUs, and network test equipment.
  • Establish rigorous test execution discipline and communication processes, including risk management, mitigation, tracking, schedule trends vs. baseline, recovery actions, and executive reporting.
  • Develop program indicators to manage program health, including quality and timelines.
  • Use verbal and written communication skills to convey complex information to multiple audiences, requiring strong negotiation and alignment skills.
  • Work independently with little supervision.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, or equivalent experience.
  • 5+ years of experience in a combination of technical product development and program management in the SoC /embedded industry.
  • Strong technical understanding of AI accelerator system – Orchestration, Platform, Apps SW, test scope, planning, schedules, execution, prioritization, reviews, dependencies and deliverables across functional, system test, performance and more.
  • Lead scrums, coordination, triage issues, secure release plan deliverables, establish test exit criteria.
  • Strong working knowledge of hardware/software development and test and principles at the SoC / embedded industry.
  • Experience with multiple technology development and end-to-end product integration.
  • Experience managing products through the entire development life cycle, including risk management.
  • Experience in technical program management within AI, semiconductor, systems software, platform software, or related engineering organizations.
  • Strong experience planning, tracking, and measuring software test processes and system validation deliverables.
  • Ability to assess risks, dependencies, constraints, and execution gaps across complex technical programs.
  • Strong understanding of SDLC, test planning, defect management, quality metrics, and release criteria.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to summarize technical status, risks, and release readiness for senior stakeholders.

Desired Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in a combination of System test and program management in the industry.
  • 4+ years of experience
  • Strong technical understanding of AI inference accelerators products card, system and rack level, high level overview of functional, platform and applications level, various Models, performance, accuracy test management.
  • Establish test plans, schedules, manage resources, prioritization, HW management, coordination across functional organizations, manage high-level dashboards, lead scrums, metrics, reviews, release test planning and presenting to leadership.
  • Define processes, implement, adjust, track test planning, execution, deliveries and drive efficiencies to meet the program milestones.
  • Strong working knowledge of System level test management for AI inference accelerator products.
  • Familiarity with test strategies and ML test harnesses for AI inference accelerators.
  • Working knowledge of deep learning fundamentals, transformer architecture, and LLM inference/serving systems, Machine Learning Test KPIs such as Performance, Accuracy, Serving KPIs.
  • Experience in creating, generating, using, dashboards, data visualization, automation, AI-based tooling for program reporting.
  • PMP, PgMP, Agile, Scrum, or similar program/project management certification is a plus.
#AI#System Integration Test#Program Management#Datacenter#Compiler#Inference Serving#Platform Software#Firmware#Hardware
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Company

Qualcomm

Job Posted

4 weeks ago

Employment Type

Full Time

WorkMode

On Site

Experience Level

Senior

Locations

Bangalore, India

Qualification

Bachelor, Master

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