Qualcomm
Modem Systems Engineer
$114K–$172K
San Diego, California · On-site · Full-time · Posted Sep 22, 2026
- Experience
- Academic project experience or up to 5 years of industry experience; up to 4 years of Systems Engineering or related work experience; up to 2 years working in a large matrixed organization.
- Education
- Master's degree in EE, ECE, CS, Applied Mathematics, Physics, or another area incorporating strong probability, machine learning, statistics, and linear algebra components. Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field is also listed.
About the job
Works on modem systems, including architecture studies, modem algorithm development, machine learning applications for WWAN radio design, power-efficient design, verification, and commercialization.
What you'll do
- Contribute to modem system architecture studies and algorithm design and development.
- Apply machine learning to WWAN radio design.
- Work on power-efficient design, verification, and commercialization.
What they ask for
- Master's degree in EE, ECE, CS, Applied Mathematics, Physics, or another area incorporating strong probability, machine learning, statistics, and linear algebra components.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
Nice to have
- Academic project experience or up to 5 years of industry experience in one or more listed areas, such as communication theory, machine learning, signal processing, or information theory.
- Effective programming in C/C++, Python and/or Matlab; experience with machine learning tools such as TensorFLow, PyTorch, or Keras.
Pay
$114,500.00 - $171,700.00 USD base salary
Tools
C/C++, Python, Matlab, TensorFLow, PyTorch, Keras
AI focus
Machine learning and its application to WWAN radio design, including neural network architectures and model building.
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