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Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 7, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 6, 2026. Qualcomm scores B on the Alion truth index.

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Qualcomm is an American semiconductor and wireless technology company founded in 1985 and headquartered in San Diego, California. It holds foundational patents in CDMA and the 3G, 4G and 5G cellular standards, licensing them to nearly every handset maker in the world, while its chip division designs the Snapdragon platforms that power a large share of Android smartphones, personal computers, wearables and connected cars. The company has been diversifying away from smartphone dependence into automotive digital cockpit and driver assistance systems, industrial internet of things, and on-device AI processing through its Hexagon and Oryon architectures.

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Video Systems, HW Architecture

General Summary:

As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm Video Engineer, you will work on ideas that enhance our daily life - creating everlasting video memories and playback experiences, building innovative devices through human and computer vision technologies in the Mobile, Automotive, XR, IoT & Compute space. You will have limitless opportunities to learn, grow, and lead the world of Video and Computer vision.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Master's degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
  • 1+ year of applicable video HW and/or Systems experience.
  • 1+ year of experiencewith hardware system design, system integration, schematic capture, and circuit simulation software.
  • 1+ year of experiencewith programming (e.g., C, C++, Python), computer architecture, or embedded systems.
  • 1+ year of experienceworking in a large matrixed organization.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Applies Video and Computer Vision Engineering knowledge to assist in the research and development of video codec and computer vision HW.
  • Assists in the design, development, implementation, and verification of video systems and HW and FW tasks including Video Encoder, Video Decoder, Computer Vision, Video Quality and Features.
  • Performs architecture, standard study, algorithm, and feature decomposition for hardware development.
  • Assists in ensuring KPIs, systems performance, and area and power metrics are met.
  • Triages problems to determine root causes and provides recommendations to fix and/or improve.
  • Collaborates with team membersand customers to analyze customer product requirements for new architecture and existing designs for all addressable markets including mobile, automotive, IoT, and others.
  • Contributes to a specific video subsystem and develops basic features and components in line with product proposals or roadmaps.
  • Writes detailed technical documentation and feature descriptions for projects.

Level of Responsibility:

  • Works under supervision.
  • Decision-making affects direct area of work and/or work group.
  • Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey basic, routine factual information.
  • Tasks consist of a limited number of steps and can be referenced using directions or manuals.

Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e-mail [email protected] or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found here. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities. (Keep in mind that this email address is used to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. We will not respond here to requests for updates on applications or resume inquiries).

To all Staffing and Recruiting Agencies:Our Careers Site is only for individuals seeking a job at Qualcomm. Staffing and recruiting agencies and individuals being represented by an agency are not authorized to use this site or to submit profiles, applications or resumes, and any such submissions will be considered unsolicited. Qualcomm does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications from agencies. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Qualcomm employees or any other company location. Qualcomm is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes/applications.

EEO Employer: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification.

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 rangeand Other Compensation & Benefits :

$109,400.00 - $164,200.00

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.

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