Job Description

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Engineering

General Summary:

San Diego - US

Qualcomm is a company of inventors that unlocked 5G ushering in an age of rapid acceleration in connectivity and new possibilities that will transform industries, create jobs, and enrich lives. But this is just the beginning. It takes inventive minds with diverse skills, backgrounds, and cultures to transform 5Gs potential into world-changing technologies and products. This is the Invention Age - and this is where you come in.

The successful candidate will operate as a member of the Central Hardware Systems Board design & layout team, and will be able to design and document printed circuit board layouts that conform to manufacturing and industry standards and Qualcomm design guidelines. You’ll collaborate with IOT PDM, PM & Engineering teams to help design and implment schematics and constraints into high-quality PCB layouts for advanced layout designs across IOT & Compute reference design form factor accurate platforms.

Key Responsibilities include

• Design& Layout PCBs for reference IOT & Compute systems, including form factor accurate (FFA) reference platforms and high-volume circuit boards.
• Engineer high-speed, multi-layer stack-ups encompassing application processors, digital processors, RF/radio circuits, and power delivery networks.
• Utilize advanced manufacturing techniques: stacked micro-vias, sequential lamination, and small-pitch package design rules.
• Collaborate effectively with internal teams in the U.S. and design partners globally to deliver high-performance PWB solutions.
• Liaise with internal stakeholders and external vendors to support HW platform & PCB fabrication and assembly throughout the product lifecycle.

The candidate is expected to have proficiency on Siemens/Mentor Xpedition, Altium or Cadence Allegro PCB design software and is expected to have experience in developing PCB design solutions for a variety of design types and working with internal teams and external suppliers to support PCB fabrication and assembly.

• BSEE (or equivalent) with Electrical Board design experience.
• 2+ years Hardware Engineering experience designing reference and consumer PCBs for product.
• Familiar with COTS IOT Interfaces.
• Proficient with all MS Office 365 Tools.
• Understanding of how to use AI to efficiently solve problems.
• 6+ years actively involved in PCB high speed design.
• 6+ years actively involved in PCB design for HDI & high-density electronics packaging.
• 4+ years experience in a PCB design role designing consumer-grade products or low volume test products utilizing latest generation processor chips & ICs.
• Design for Manufacture (DFM) analysis experience utilizing Valor and/or CAM350 tools.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering or related work experience.

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits

$134,800.00 - $202,200.00

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. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer – and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link

If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers