Baseband Hardware/Systems Engineer

Qualcomm; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 96,000 - 144,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive bonus program

RSU grants

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. seeks a hardware design engineer to define architecture and reference designs for mobile, AR/VR, and compute products.

You will lead high-speed digital/baseband hardware development, perform SI/PI analysis, and coordinate with silicon, package, and ODM teams to deliver production-ready reference designs. The role requires experience with CPU-based platforms, PCB design tools (Xpedition/Allegro), and strong collaboration skills.

Qualifications

• Board-level hardware design experience with CPU-based platforms
• Digital/baseband and analog circuit design experience
• Experience with SI/PI tools and methodologies
• Proficiency with PCB schematic capture and layout tools (Xpedition/Allegro)
• Strong problem-solving and cross-functional collaboration skills

Responsibilities

• Define system and reference design requirements with cross-functional teams
• Develop platform architectures for mobile/AR/VR/workalike products
• Design and implement high-speed digital/baseband hardware
• Perform SI/PI analysis and optimization for interfaces and power delivery
• Design and integrate high-speed interfaces (PCIe, USB, Ethernet, SPI, I2C)
• Support hardware integration into products and collaborate with ODMs
• Provide technical leadership and engage with ODM partners
• Conduct design reviews and provide feedback on ODM designs
• Apply DFT/DFM and high-volume manufacturing best practices
• Assimilate quickly into projects and solve complex hardware challenges

Skills

Board-level hardware design

Digital/baseband design

Signal integrity analysis

Power integrity analysis

PCB schematic capture/Layout tools (Xp

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Xpedition

Allegro

Job description

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Systems Engineering

General Summary:

Overview
Qualcomm's Central Baseband Hardware Systems organization develops baseband and embedded system reference designs, focusing on the co-design of silicon, package, and PCB interconnect technologies for Qualcomm application processors and power management ASICs. These highly integrated reference designs incorporate Qualcomm’s high-performance SOCs, high speed memories, high resolution displays, power management ICs (PMICs), 5G RF transceiver cards and a host of digital & analog peripherals (audio, USB/OTG, Bluetooth, GPS, MIPI, WLAN and LAN/Ethernet).

Responsibilities

• Define system and reference design requirements in collaboration with cross-functional and geographically distributed teams.
• Develop and document platform architectures for mobile, AR/VR, wearable, laptop, tablet, and compute products based on Qualcomm SoCs, ASICs, and PMICs.
• Design and implement high-speed digital/baseband hardware, including schematic capture, BOM development, PCB/PWB layout support, and stackup definition.
• Perform signal integrity and power integrity analysis, simulation, and optimization for high-speed interfaces, memory subsystems, and power delivery networks.
• Design and integrate high-speed interfaces including PCIe, USB, Ethernet, SPI, and I2C.
• Support electrical and mechanical integration of hardware into consumer product form factors.
• Collaborate with silicon, package, systems, CAD, and customer engineering teams to drive successful platform development.
• Provide technical leadership and direct engagement with ODM partners throughout reference design development and production.
• Conduct design reviews, develop design guidelines, and provide feedback on ODM-manufactured designs.
• Apply DFT, DFM, and high-volume manufacturing best practices throughout the design process.
• Quickly assimilate into existing projects, interpret technical requirements, and solve complex hardware design challenges.

Required Qualifications

• Board-level hardware design experience involving CPU-based platforms, consumer electronics, mobile devices, AR/VR products, wearables, compute devices, and/or low-power systems.
• Digital/baseband and analog circuit design experience.
• Experience with signal integrity and power integrity tools and methodologies.
• Proficiency with PCB schematic capture and layout tools such as Xpedition and/or Allegro.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Mobile handset or battery-powered consumer electronics design experience.
• Smart glasses, AR glasses, VR headset, or wearable hardware design experience.
• Laptop, tablet, or computer hardware design experience.
• Experience with ARM or x86 platforms operating above 1 GHz and utilizing LPDDRx memory interfaces.
• Experience with complex multi-module, high-speed hardware designs.
• Familiarity with low-power design techniques.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field.

Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:

$96,000.00 - $144,000.00

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.

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