Qualcomm Hardware Engineer SR 

United States, California, San Diego 

558520635

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Engineering

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field.

Required Qualifications:

• 4+ years of work experience with circuit design, schematic capture, component selection and PCB design.

One or more of the following preferred:

• Experience with major industry PCB design tools (Mentor Xpedition, OrCAD, or Altium PCB design tools)

• Proven track record of effectively collaborating with CAD designers for PCB layout

• Solid understanding of Power Integrity and Signal Integrity fundamentals

• Ability to explain and debug common chip-to-chip interfaces used in consumer electronics, including JTAG, SPI, I2C, UART, USB, CSI/DSI, and PCIe

• Demonstrated ability to architect board-level designs utilizing state-of-the-art mobile electronics chipsets

• Understanding of both the first principles of common PCB board-level components as well as available offerings from major vendors (i.e. DC/DC converters, level shifters, ICs for common interfaces…)

• Experience with debugging tools such as JTAG and lab test equipment such as logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, signal generators, etc.

• High-level understanding of Software Engineering principles, and ability to perform light programming in windows or linux environments, with languages such as python, C/C++, and tcl.

• Ability to collaborate with a team through version control tools such as git and gerrit

• Proficiency in SystemVerilog and experience with FPGA design using Xilinx Vivado is a plus

• The ideal candidate would be a self-starter with strong initiative, discipline, motivation, and a focus on quality.

• The candidate must be a team player and be flexible and open to a variety of task assignments within the team.

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:

$93,500.00 - $156,000.00