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Foundry Engineer for Advanced Technology, Sr. Staff

Qualcomm Technologies
San Diego, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 6/3/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/3/2026
Company:
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

General Summary:

We are seeking a highly motivated Foundry Engineer to drive the successful bring-up, qualification, and ramp of advanced semiconductor technologies for Qualcomm's fast growing Automotive business. This role requires close collaboration with both internal cross-functional teams and external foundry partners to define technology roadmap, ensure robust process integration, high yield, and reliable product performance. The ideal candidate will play a critical role in defining Automotive product roadmap, improving manufacturing yield, ensuring compliance with quality standards, and debugging complex reliability issues across the product lifecycle.

Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 6 years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 5 years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 4 years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

Preferred Qualifications
  • 8 years' experience in leading semiconductor process development, integration, yield improvement
  • Proficient in breadth of advanced technology: process flow, device physics, testing, repair scheme, and Reliability
  • Solid understanding of yield improvement methodology, including defect pareto development and the Failure Analysis (FA) methodology
  • Strong data analysis (and statistical analysis) skills; proficiency with data analysis tools for both device and yield analysis
  • Ability to liaise with company internal design, product engineers, supply chain and external foundry partners to define optimum technology meeting product requirement; Building trust with these key internal and external partners to facilitate decisions and accelerate schedules.
  • Outstanding interpersonal skills, and intellectual curiosity; passion for bringing a culture of innovation and problem solving through behavior, decisions, and actions.

Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e-mail or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found here. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities. (Keep in mind that this email address is used to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. We will not respond here to requests for updates on applications or resume inquiries).

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EEO Employer: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification.

Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.

Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:
$164,000.00 - $246,000.00

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. 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.

If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.

Salary : $164,000 - $246,000

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