Senior Staff Engineer

Job Title

Senior Staff Engineer

Role Summary

Senior Hardware Engineer responsible for planning, designing, verifying, testing, and bringing up complex electronic systems and components (digital, analog, RF, optical, FPGA, DSP, packaging, and test systems). Works with cross-functional teams to meet performance, yield, and schedule targets for production hardware.

Experience Level

Senior level. Typical candidates have substantial hardware engineering experience (commonly 6+ years and often 12+ years for principal responsibilities).

Responsibilities

Core duties include:

• Plan, optimize, verify, and test critical electronic systems across digital, analog, RF, optical, FPGA, and DSP domains.
• Lead or participate in advanced hardware design rule and process implementation.
• Perform complex simulations and analyses to meet power, performance, and area targets.
• Develop and integrate test solutions to improve yield, test time, and product quality.
• Characterize and develop manufacturing and bring-up solutions for advanced process technologies.
• Evaluate reliability of materials and techniques and introduce automation and optimization to improve productivity.
• Advise and lead engineering teams, review designs, and produce detailed technical documentation.
• Collaborate with design, verification, validation, software, systems, and architecture teams to incorporate new requirements.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience:

• Extensive hands-on hardware engineering experience (design, verification, bring-up, or test) in advanced products.
• Experience with circuit/logic design and validation across digital, analog, or RF domains.
• Proficiency with schematic capture and circuit simulation tools.
• Experience using hardware measurement instruments (oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, RF tools, etc.).
• Ability to perform detailed simulations and trade-off analyses for power, performance, and area.
• Experience developing manufacturing or test solutions and improving yield and test efficiency.
• Technical leadership experience; ability to mentor and guide other engineers and influence cross-functional decisions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to write/review technical documentation.

Education Requirements

Minimum: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Engineering, or related field plus 6+ years of hardware engineering experience; OR Master's degree in those fields plus 5+ years; OR PhD in those fields plus 4+ years. Preferred: Master's degree in a related field. Equivalent practical experience will be considered.

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.