Qualcomm Automotive Infotainment ADAS Hardware Applications Engineer - Sr Staff 

United States, California, San Diego 

850191801

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Applications Engineering

The automotive hardware applications team provides comprehensive support to all Infotainment and ADAS system-on-chip (SoC) products. This team interfaces with cross-functional internal teams and global applications engineering teams for end-to-end customer support ranging from customer training, development support, commercialization support, to mass production. We are looking for passionate engineers with a complex SoC hardware background and understanding of automotive embedded systems. The Applications team also bridges customer requirements with internal plan of record, identifies gaps in requirements, and proposes solutions to mitigate the gaps.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field and 6+ years of Hardware Applications Engineering or Hardware Design experience or related work experience.

Master's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field and 5+ years of Hardware Applications Engineering or Hardware Design experience or related work experience.

PhD in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Applications Engineering or Hardware Design experience or related work experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

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

• 8+ years Hardware Design or Hardware Applications experience or related work experience.

Functional safety (ISO26262) experience is a plus

Responsibilities:

• Provide hardware design support to customers to enable efficient high quality product launches

• Research and answer a wide range of in-depth technical questions on Qualcomm SoC and its associated peripherals and IOs (e.g., LP5, UFS, USB, PCIe, CSI, DSI, DP, Ethernet)

• Resolve technical problems via hands-on trouble shooting.

• Perform block diagram, schematic, parts placement, and PCB routing reviews on customer platforms, including DDR, Power Delivery Network, and Signal Integrity simulations.

• Contribute to customer facing reference designs.

• Create and maintain world-class hardware documentation and design collaterals.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to convey complex and/or detailed information to multiple individuals/audiences with differing knowledge levels. May require strong negotiation and influence, communication to large groups or high-level constituents.

• Experience in the design and production of auto ECUs using highly integrated SoC and power management ICs.

• Familiarity with complex multi-layered PCB design, schematic, and layout, including power and signal integrity.

• Self-motivated, independent, and works well with large interdisciplinary hardware teams.

• Flexible, self-starting and tenacious with initiative to resolve complex customer problems.

• Experience in integration, debug, and problem reproduction on internal and customer platforms.

• Experience in Python programming is a plus

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.

$144,800.00 - $217,200.00