Automotive Infotainment and ADAS Hardware Applications Engineer

Job Title

Automotive Infotainment and ADAS Hardware Applications Engineer

Role Summary

Work on a Customer Engineering team enabling Qualcomm automotive IVI/ADAS SoC platforms. Serve as the primary hardware technical interface to strategic customers (OEMs and Tier1s) to drive adoption from design through bring-up, validation, and production.

Collaborate with internal design, systems, validation, firmware, and product teams and with external partners across PDN, thermal, SI/PI, and firmware disciplines to resolve hardware and interface issues and ensure platform reliability.

Experience Level

Mid-level. Typical candidates have multiple years of hardware applications or hardware design experience; see Education Requirements for degree-based experience guidance.

Responsibilities

Primary technical and customer-facing responsibilities include:

• Provide hardware support for strategic customers adopting Qualcomm Automotive SoCs (OEMs and Tier1s).
• Act as the main technical interface during design, bring-up, validation, and deployment phases.
• Review customer schematics, PCB layouts, thermal designs, power delivery networks, and signal integrity plans.
• Validate and debug SoC interfaces including DDR, PCIe Gen6/Gen7, CXL, Ethernet, and other high-speed interfaces.
• Coordinate with internal engineering, software, validation, and product teams to resolve issues and incorporate customer feedback.
• Identify gaps and propose practical mitigations for customer and internal designs.
• Support reference platform usage and platform implementation guides for customer designs.
• Produce technical documentation, training, and onboarding material for customer enablement.

Requirements

Required skills and experience (must-have vs nice-to-have):

• Must-have: Several years of hands-on hardware applications or hardware design experience; experience supporting customer hardware teams and driving designs to production (see Education Requirements for specific years).
• Must-have: Practical experience reviewing schematics, PCB layouts, thermal and PDN approaches, and performing system bring-up and debug.
• Must-have: Experience validating and debugging high-speed SoC interfaces (examples: DDR, PCIe, CXL, Ethernet).
• Must-have: Strong collaboration and communication skills for cross-functional internal teams and external customers; ability to deliver technical documentation and training.
• Nice-to-have: Automotive platform design or customer-facing automotive experience.
• Nice-to-have: PDN design, SI/PI simulation and debug, EMI/EMC mitigation experience.
• Nice-to-have: Familiarity with bring-up and debug tools such as oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.
• Nice-to-have: Demonstrated leadership, ability to influence internal teams, and independently manage customer engagements.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field is listed in the source. Experience requirements vary by degree: Bachelor's + 4+ years, Master's + 3+ years, or PhD + 2+ years of Hardware Applications Engineering or Hardware Design experience; equivalent practical experience is acceptable per the posting.

About the Company

Company: Qualcomm

Headquarters: San Diego, California, United States

Qualcomm is a global leader in semiconductor and telecommunications equipment, specializing in mobile technologies and innovations. Known for its Adreno GPUs, the company provides solutions enabling advancements in mobile gaming, AI, VR/AR, and autonomous driving. Qualcomm's cutting-edge technology and commitment to high-performance, power-efficient designs drive the evolution of mobile graphics and connectivity worldwide.