# Staff Thermal Engineer

Company: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.Job Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Packaging EngineeringGeneral Summary: Qualcomm’s Hardware System is seeking a talented Thermal Engineer to contribute to continued success of our industry-leading portfolio of chipset solutions. The qualified individual will be contributing to innovative solutions resolving complex thermal mgmt. challenges within Automotive space. Such individual should have in-depth understanding of heat transfer fundamentals and be an expert in electronics cooling of Automotive modules. He/she must be experienced in creating analytical and numerical models utilizing CFD tools. In addition, experience in conducting thermal experiments in support of various product development efforts is a must. Further, intimate knowledge of thermal mgmt. materials and their applications to enhance hardware thermal performance is required. Responsibilities: Support thermal/mechanical projects from concept to production phase. Design, set up, run, and deliver results for various thermal experiments. Conduct test or research on materials and thermal solutions. Manage technical projects across organization. Perform thermal simulation

- **Id**: 3783277
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/qualcomm-staff-thermal-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: staff
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Diego, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-03
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T11:12:32Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 10
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5783
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Processors, MCUs & AI Chips, Autonomous Driving, RF & Wireless Hardware, Car Electronics

## Company

- **Id**: 94
- **Name**: Qualcomm
- **Domain**: qualcomm.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/qualcomm>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Eightfold

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 70
- **Open postings**: 1059
- **Ghost share**: 0.25
- **Stale share**: 0.146
- **Repost share**: 0.449
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 74
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 160200
- **Max**: 240200
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 240200

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **ANSYS** — Optional: yes
- **Rest-Assured** — Optional: yes
- **SolidWorks** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 10

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T02:01:11Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 1,115 · green card filings: 76; Filings 12m: 1115

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 10
- **Expected fill days**: 74
- **Reasons**: conf:2, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 240200
- **Is top pay**: yes

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