Qualcomm Staff Hardware Customer Engineer 

United States, Washington 

805865024

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Applications Engineering

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience.

Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience.

PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience.

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

• 1+ year of experience with debugging techniques.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.

• 6+ years of Hardware Applications Engineering or Hardware Design experience or related work experience.

• 1+ year of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership.

• Familiar with Principals of High Speed Signal Design including transmission lines, controlled impedance and EMI/EMC

• Familiar with interfaces such as LPDDR, MIPI, USB, PCIe, UFS

• Team Player with excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Applies Hardware Board Design Skills to customize Reference Designs (Schematic, Layout, eBOM) based on Customer Requests.

• Leverages advanced Hardware Application knowledge and experience to provide technical expertise of hardware through trainings, product demonstrations, and the design, debug, test, and quality support of customer products that are based on Qualcomm chips.

• Applies Hardware Application knowledge and experience to provide technical expertise through trainings, product demonstrations, and the design, debug, test, and quality support of customer products that are based on Qualcomm chips.

• Collaborates with cross-functional teams and customer personnel in assessing potential application of company products, preparing detailed product specifications, disseminating technical information on specific hardware areas, and/or troubleshooting issues regarding hardware tools and products.

• Owns support for a technology and/or chipset area and recommends appropriate modifications and enhancements in light of customer needs.

• Proactively identifies customer problems and recommends innovative solutions.

• Writes detailed technical documentation for complex Hardware Application projects.

Level of Responsibility:

• Works independently with minimal supervision.

• Provides supervision/guidance to other team members.

• Decision-making is critical in nature and highly impacts program, product, or project success.

• Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey complex information. May require negotiation, influence, tact, etc.

• Has a moderate amount of influence over key organizational decisions.

• Tasks do not have defined steps; planning, problem-solving, and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively.

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.

$134,000.00 - $201,000.00