Cellular Technologies Software Engineer

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Cellular Technologies Software

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 Cellular Technologies Software Engineer, you will design, standardize, implement, verify, and validate state-of-the-art cellular technologies across a broad set of technology prototypes, standards, specifications, products, or components within a product. Qualcomm Engineers collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop high quality and capability air interface and modem that meet and exceed industry standards and customer requirements.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of Software Engineering or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Leverages Wireless WAN Modem Software knowledge to design, standardize, implement, verify, validate, and commercialize Wireless WAN (or cellular) air interface and modem technologies.

• Designs, optimizes, and implements software for wireless systems and modems.

• Collaborates with team members to develop high quality and high capability air interface and modems with high performance (e.g., capacity, coverage, throughput, latency, power consumption) and acceptable cost.

• Designs software for components and identifies potential tradeoffs

• Develops unit test environment and test cases to test/verify code for a specific component and assists with the integration of software into a platform or product.

• Writes detailed technical documentation and feature descriptions for projects to guide users to implement output.

Level of Responsibility:
• Works under supervision.
• Decision-making may affect work beyond immediate work group.
• Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey information. May require basic negotiation, influence, tact, etc.
• Has a moderate amount of influence over key organizational decisions.
• Tasks require multiple steps which can be performed in various orders; some planning, problem-solving, and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively.

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:

$129,500.00 - $194,300.00

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.

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