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As a Qualcomm Hardware Engineer, you will plan, design, optimize, verify, and test electronic systems, bring-up yield, circuits, mechanical systems, Digital/Analog/RF/opticalsystems, equipment and packaging, test systems, FPGA, and/or DSP systems that launch cutting-edge, world class products. 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