Hardware Applications Engineer

Overview

Company:Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Applications Engineering

Job Overview:

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.

GENERAL SUMMARY

The Customer Engineering hardware team provides hardware support to all customers using Qualcomms system-on-chip (SoC) solutions. This includes technical support throughout all phases of the design cycle. From product introduction to design review to production issues. Customer engineering also bridges customer requirements with internal plan of record, identify gaps in requirement, and propose solutions to mitigate the gaps.

+ Provide hardware design support to customers using Qualcomms SoC solutions.

+ Research and answer a wide range of in-depth technical questions on Qualcomm SoC, baseband topics, and its associated peripherals.

+ Resolve technical problems with the application of products via hands-on trouble shooting.

+ Perform block diagram, schematic, parts placement and PCB routing reviews on customer platforms, including DDR and Power Delivery simulation.

+ Aid customers to implement new technology using Qualcomm solutions.

+ Optimize customers system thermal and power as well as BOM reduction.

+ Create and maintain hardware documentation and design collaterals.

All Qualcomm employees are expected to actively support diversity on their teams, and in the Company.

Minimum Qualifications

+ Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.

Preferred Qualifications

+ Experience in the design and production of HW baseband systems and circuits for highly integrated SoC and power management IC.

+ Familiarity with complex multi-layered PCB design, schematic, and layout.

+ Self-motivated 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 coding desirable

+ Team player with excellent written and verbal communication skills.

+ Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related fields.

Physical Requirements

+ Frequently transports between offices, buildings, and campuses up to ½ mile.

+ Frequently transports and installs equipment up to 5 lbs.

+ Performs required tasks at various heights (e.g., standing or sitting).

+ Monitors and utilizes computers and test equipment for more than 6 hours a day.

+ Continuous communication which includes the comprehension of information with colleagues, customers, and vendors both in person and remotely.

Minimum Qualifications

Education:

Bachelors – Computer Science, Bachelors – Engineering, Bachelors – Information Systems

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Preferred Qualifications

Education:

Work Experiences:

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Skills:

Content Development, Continuous Improvement (CI), Root Cause Analysis, Sales Presentations, Validation

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We are engineers, scientists and business strategists. We are from many different countries and speak many different languages. We come from diverse cultures and have unique perspectives. Together, we focus on a single goal—we invent breakthrough technologies that transform how the world connects, computes, and communicates.

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